I think this year Xbox will have best visuals of the year, along with best gameplay of the year (in terms of exclusives). Right now, Heavy Rain doesn't seem to be topping anything off from all the HD footages iv seen, and GT5 I guarantee you will not beat Forza 3 visually, but maybe be on par. Alan Wake is shaping up to be the best visual of the year, but I really cannot say. But no doubt it will be tight this year. If you can imagine GOW2 was over a year & a half ago, imagine the progress MS have made with their console now. Uncharted 2 was very recent, and it seems PS3 will reach its plateau soon, as its weak GPU and excessively low memory bandwidth will eventually be its limiting factor. Sorry but thats just my opinion