Got it offered to me by Microsoft. (appplied for the early access via Major Nelson) However it seems to have toasted my Xbox360.

It installed, rebooted, played a very nice looking intro movie, then promptly locked up, no RROD, but no display either. Rebooting just repeats the process, nice movie, then nothing.

Phoned Microsoft, but because it's outside warranty, and not RROD, then they want £180 to sort it out.

I would avoid NXE, until the bugs are worked out. Fortunatly, I have another 360, a replacement for a earlier RROD, but it won't be getting NXE, and if they force it on me, I will play offline...

"The PS3 keypad, similar in design to the Xbox 360's, has been delayed until December."

Did this ever have an official release date? I never saw an official Sony press release stating a date, so how on earth can it be delayed???