Sony who delayed the release on purpose.
That's simply not true. The game was delayed on all other platforms in the EU as Atari have ceased publishing games in the EU. They've handed the rights over to another publisher (forget which) but because of the changeover the game is delayed here for a while. Seeing this happening Sony stepped in and published the game in the EU for the PS3 in order to make sure the game release coincided with the bluray release globally.
They didn't 'delay the release', they simply brought the EU PS3 release forward by publishing the game themselves.
[EDIT] Just to add: Atari sold all publishing rights in the EU to Namco Bandai apparently, thus causing said changeover delay
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