User blog comment:3RDRANGER/PS3 Exclusive For BF3/@comment-71.225.122.215-20110926021718/@comment-1651748-20110926204243

Actually, Microsoft doesn't pay the to hold it back, they pay them to develop it on the Xbox first, and then focus on the other versions. It isn't like "Go ahead, make it, but don't release it to the others first." It's more of, "Make it using our code first, then make theirs."