Now this is a story I've been sitting on because of in reality it really doesn't detract from the game.  It is official that Halo 3 runs at 1152x640 which is not considered High Definition.  The Xbox 360 is upscaling the image to get it rendered at 720p on your TV.  What makes this story bad is that it broke on a PS3 forum.  What makes it worse is Bungie then defends the resolution and then ridicules the people that brought this everyones attention.  In the age of HD gaming Microsoft's flag ship game can't render 720p natively.  That is a very damming statement and if I was Sony I'd bring it up as often as I possibly could.  Check out Bill Harris' blog entry about the issue.  It's sad to see the biggest game on the Xbox 360 is "almost 720p." 

Sources:
www.xbox360fanboy.com/2007/09/28/halo-3-is-only-running-at-640p/
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