The Nex Playground might be the preferred online game console within the US that most individuals do not even know exists. Working example: Circana senior director Mat Piscatella has revealed that the dice console centered on movement controls has topped each single PS5 and Xbox SKU for models bought within the US for a vacation week.
On BlueSky, Piscatella posted the probably surprising online game {hardware} statistics for the week ending November 22. The top-selling {hardware} possibility was Switch 2 bundled with Mario Kart World, with the Nex Playground at No. 2. In the meantime, the PS5 Slim digital version with 1TB got here in third place. Clearly, there are a number of choices when selecting a PS5 or Xbox Collection X|S–various bundles and exhausting drive configurations–and each represents a SKU. So one caveat with Circana’s data is that the listing is not exhibiting general Change 2, PS5, or Xbox Collection X|S models bought.
US best-selling {hardware} SKUs for week ending Nov 22, 2025, ranked on models bought: 1) NS2 Mario Kart World Bundle 2) NEX Playground Interactive Gaming System 3) PS5 Slim Digital 1 TB In order that’s neat. Supply: Circana Retail Monitoring Service
— Mat Piscatella (@matpiscatella.bsky.social) December 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
In truth, this is not the primary time Nex Playground has upped Sony’s system within the US for a short while. In July, the cubed console went on sale for Prime Day and bought extra models over the previous month than any PS5 possibility on Amazon.
For these unfamiliar, Nex Playground depends on motion-based motion for gamers. In different phrases, this console is similar to Xbox Kinect, that includes a digital camera to trace our bodies for interacting with video games. Nex Playground comes with 5 titles put in, and house owners should buy a subscription Play Pass for a bigger library of video games. It is $49 for 3 months or $89 for a 12 months.
At present, the Change 2 Mario Kart World bundle is on the market for $50 off at choose retailers, although this deal wasn’t obtainable in the course of the time interval famous by Circana. In the meantime, PS5 discounts started round November 20 so can be included briefly for that week final month.