EGM: Microsoft is Paying off PlayStation 3 Titles?

Reportedly, Microsoft dropped huge dollars over to 2K to keep Bioshock from hitting Sony’s hands.

This amongst reports of the same actions taken on games like Stranglehold, Assassin’s Creed and many others having their release dates pushed for the PS3 release not because of development issues, but because Microsoft has paid to have it that way. Not to mention GTA IV. Why has Microsoft gone through such great lengths to keep big titles out of Sony’s hands? Only Microsoft themselves no the answer, but speculation is simple. The 360 has reached its full potential on current releases. Bioshock for example is based on the Unreal Engine, a code source that is known for using multiple GPU’s and strong processing power. The 360 runs the game beautifully, but based on the hardware, it can definately do better. The Playstation 3 happens to have a stronger hardware base and it is rumored that running similar code, the PS3 version would be noticeably higher quality.

Note: till we see some scans to confirm it, this is still a rumour