lol i love these photo mode shots, it is a great way of showing what a console can do before realtime output.. after all it has still rendered the still shot.
but the truth is at the moment (and im sure it will be better next generation) that all these lovely crisp clear graphics you see on the internet are viewed through a monitor running native resolution.
i have a 22" LCD 1080p with PC running DVI-D at 1080p and i have a xbox360 on the same monitor running HDMI at 720p/640p -> scaled (badly imo) to 1080p and no matter what my 360 never looks as crisp and clean as those shots in fact its miles away from looking good on my 32" panasonic 1080p, 1080p pj either and ive have 4 xbox360`s now
( cheap crap)
however ive seen some older 720p lcd`s come almost close to that quality
LCD`s (and most peoples are probably 1080p) never look anywhere near as good if they arent running native res.
until a console can run proper 1080p 60hz 1:1 I think those shots are a waste of time.
(btw ps3 dash is cool though and some games on that genuinely look good in 1080p)
a PC however can run graphics just like that to the eye and at full res