According to interviews with Nex’s CEO David Lee, the company positions the device as an unofficial “spiritual successor” to Microsoft’s Kinect, employing a wide-angle camera and an AI-driven system to interpret players’ movements so no physical controller is required. The console initially retailed for $199, but Nex raised the price to $249 in May 2025. The package includes five motion-driven titles — Fruit Ninja, Starri, Whac-a-Mole, Go Keeper, and Party Fowl — and users can access additional content through the Play Pass subscription, priced at $49 for three months or $89 for a year.
Those features, together with its pricing and the approachability for families, appear to have been enough to propel the modest Nex Playground to the number-two sales slot for that week. The holiday shopping season likely helped, but it’s still an impressive rise for a relatively niche device.
With its sudden surge, here’s a quick look at the best Switch 2 games available right now.
Source: gamesradar.com
