I might be the only one who thinks their 360/PS3 titles look the same visually. Not with animations, faces, venues, and accessories... but textures, lighting (however it is you can compare them since one game is indoors), and rendering they look identical.
If they "redo" everything going to next-gen and get the right people behind it, I don't think there is an excuse that it can't look like their basketball games.
I'm excited for The Show, but do wish Xbox had some baseball. I miss the days of eight games going out there on the shelves. Strange cover too, though I like the new font.