This story has been floating around the Internet for fellow console enthusiasts to beat each other the head with while holding dear their console of choice:

"MazingerDUDE from NEOGAF has posted two side-by-side comparison shots of the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions Final Fantasy XIII.

Apparently, the Xbox 360 runs a native resolution of 1024 x 576 with 2x anti-aliasing enabled at only 576p. That pales in comparison to the PS3's version, which runs at 1280 x 720 with 2x anti-aliasing enabled and at 1080p." - Gamernode

Reading this, my gut reaction is, "who cares?"  Then I remember that this is the Internet and everything matters.  Still this begs the question, then what is High Definition(HD) if the 360 version doesn't display "true" HD?

Unless you where privileged enough to have a VGA cable from your home consoles to a PC monitor last generation, you would have your Standard Definition(SD) TVs outputting your games at 720 x 480.  Then with the advent of the current generation of consoles and HDTVs being more prevalent in the home market,  720p/1080p became the new buzz word with images being displayed at an amazing 1280 x 720 resolution and up.  Yet isn't anything higher than standard definition, still high definition? 

The 360 screen shot above still looks gorgeous, because in the end resolution really doesn't matter.  Sure the image is a little sharper at increased resolution but the game still looks leaps and bounds better than most games due to the fantastic art direction through the use of textures, lighting, and animation.  A higher resolution doesn't make anything inherently "better."