The Nex Playground is a motion-controlled, cube-shaped console for ages five and up that’s selling like hotcakes. It came in third for home console sales during Black Friday week, according to sales data shared on Bluesky from Mat Piscatella of Circana, falling behind only Nintendo’s Switch 2 and Sony’s PlayStation 5. That’s an impressive feat for Nex, and not a great look for Microsoft’s Xbox consoles, which saw two price hikes this year.

If you missed your chance to pick one up at its 20 percent off sale price, you can do so now through December 14th. Best Buy and Walmart are selling it for $199.99.

Nex Playground

Where to Buy: • $249 $199 at Walmart • $249 $199.99 at Best Buy

The Nex Playground includes the console itself, a remote for navigating its menus, a power supply and HD

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