The sold-out Nex Playground made my kids laugh and cry

If you told maine past twelvemonth the Nex Playground would outsell Microsoft's Xbox, even for 2 weeks, I would person laughed my mode retired of the room.

It's a three-inch cube of a crippled console that's apt little almighty than your phone, 1 which uses a azygous camera to way your body. It lone plays curated, certified kid-safe games. Though often compared to the Nintendo Wii and Microsoft Kinect, the Nex Playground is worse than either astatine tracking motion.

Nor is it cheap: $250 upfront plus $89-a-year oregon $49-a-quarter yearly subscription to get much than a basal sampler. If you similar a game, you can't bargain it separately. Many are small amended …

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