A Kinect for kids is outselling Xbox to become the hot console this holiday

A Kinect for kids is outselling Xbox to become the hot console this holiday

It’s a small sample size, likely driven by Black Friday discounts and temporary virality, but the Nex Playground has gone from little-known console curiosity to best-seller. It’s now on track to quadruple its sales from last year. According to research firm Circana, the Playground was the second best-selling console in the US for the week ending November 22nd, and third for the week ending November 28th. In October, it wasn’t even mentioned by Circana’s video game analyst, Mat Piscatella.

The colorful cube got a steep discount for Black Friday, from $249 to $199, which is likely part of what drove sales, especially since Microsoft didn’t d …

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