The Nex Playground is down to its pre-RAMageddon price during Prime Day

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According to The Verge’s source item, The Nex Playground is down to its pre-RAMageddon price during Prime Day, The Nex Playground is the family-centric, Kinect-like game console that made one Verge editor’s kids laugh, cry, and ask for more playtime, even when they were sick. The motion-based game play isn’t perfect, but it has won over plenty of parents — and it’s on sale for $239 at Amazon, down from its current MSRP […] You gotta admit, it looks like fun. | Photo: Sean Hollister / The Verge The Nex Playground is the family-centric, Kinect-like game console that made one Verge editor’s kids laugh, cry, and ask for more playtime , even when they were sick. The motion-based game play isn’t perfect, but it has won over plenty of parents — and it’s on sale for $239 at Amazon , down from its current MSRP of $299. That’s a healthy discount, though only slightly better than the Nex’s original $250 price. Nex Playground What if the dream of Microsoft’s Kinect lived on? It does in the Nex Pl

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