Xbox 360 in "not as good as PS2 shocker".

Several game sites have now concluded the following:
(1) if you don't have HDTV, the Xbox 360 is a waste of money
(2) in some cases, the PS2 does a better job of graphics for the same game.
Case in point, King Kong. On the left, the PS2 screenshots, where Jack Black looks like Jack Black, and the girl looks quite attractive. On the right, the Xbox 360 screenshots where Jack Black looks like a pitt bull licking piss off a stinging nettle, and the woman looks like she's done 10 rounds with Mike Tyson (in the ring boxing our out of the ring being slapped around, your choice).
This raises another interesting question : why are the game houses remodelling 3D items for the Xbox 360? The same models are used on the Xbox, PS2 and Gamecube. Why change for the 360? Is there something in the hardware that makes life difficult for the programmers?
Roll on the PS3.
(photos shamelessly copied from Wired.com article, but straightened up in Photoshop)

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