A lot of Xbox 360 chicanery hitting the Blogocube this morning, mostly thanks to the NXE fallout. Here’s a story that’s not about the NXE, but it is doubtless a line you’ve heard before — Microsoft says the Xbox 360 is doing well against the PlayStation 3.

The September price cut and large marketing push in Q4 has seen the 360 sell over seven million units across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Two million sales have been had since June, when The ‘Soft announced its five million mark.

“We’re in a position now where we’ve sold over seven million consoles in EMEA, which puts us in a fantastic place versus PlayStation 3,” claims MS’ David Gosen. “It’s the combination of elements that put us in a fantastically strong position. We’ve 360 degrees of entertainment. At the moment, momentum is fantastic, we’ve got real traction in all European markets.”

360 degrees of entertainment. That’s a nice line.

It’ll be interesting to see how well things stack up for the 360 and PS3 this holiday season. Microsoft is clearly hoping to expand its install base with the “casual” market, while the PS3 seems to be sticking to its guns in terms of marketing and potential audience. No prizes for guessing how things will go for Nintendo.

Via Destructoid

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It wouldn’t be a Microsoft launch without hiccups. Despite having a generally smooth rollout, the New Xbox Experience has suffered from a few problems. There are reports of crashes and the obligatory red rings (my 360 crashed twice in the new friends list last night), but the most common issue is the Marketplace not working right, something I mentioned in the review.

Good ol’ Major Nelson has posted to address the problem, confirming that it’s not just my imagination. He has also said that the issue is being worked on.

If you’ve managed to avoid the problem, it essentially assaults you with server errors when you attempt to access parts of the Marketplace, and is unable to retrieve information. Yesterday morning I was able to access maybe two Community Games in total.

Despite this, Nelson stresses that the NXE launch was an “incredible day.” In terms of the nonsense that’s usually attached to a Microsoft endeavour, I do have to say that the NXE contained a surprising lack of fail, all things quantified.

Via Destructoid

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