Forget the Switch 2 and PS5, the Nex Playground is the surprise game console hit of my household — here's why…
I'm a PC gamer at heart, but this past weekend I've been playing a lot of console games with my daughter — but not on a console you might expect.
Despite being tempted to buy a PS5 now that its first party games are no longer coming to PC, and knowing how kid-friendly the Nintendo Switch 2 is, neither of those consoles are what captured the attention of me and my daughter; instead it was the humble Nex Playground, a cute cube-like console that eschews traditional controllers for tracking your body.
The reason for my surprise is that I wasn't entirely sold on the idea. Microsoft's attempt at something similar with its Kinect camera was a disappointment, and I'd never heard about the Nex Playground before last year, when it made headlines after outselling the Xbox.
The console itself is compact and very cute-looking, with a built-in camera (and...
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