The surprise hit Nex Playground is the latest console to get a price hike
Everything about video games is getting more expensive, and soon that will include a budget-friendly console. The Nex Playground – a Kinect-like device aimed at families that made headlines by outselling the Xbox over the holidays last year – will cost $299 starting on April 1st, a $50 bump.
In a statement on the Nex Playground site, co-founder and CEO David Lee cited a number of familiar reasons for the higher price point:
Over the past six months, the cost of key components – especially memory (DDR) and storage (eMMC) – has risen significantly across the industry. These increases are driven in part by the rapid expansion of AI infrastru …
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