--- title: "We have secured our components for this year" – Nex... description: Nex Playground, a motion-tracking family console that outsold PS5 in US hardware units in November 2025, is launching in the UK and Ireland at £269.99. CEO... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/we-have-secured-our-components-for-this-year-nex-playground-hopes-to-avoid-any-further-ai-relate-mmz9v1ekk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: "We have secured our components for this year" – Nex Playground hopes to avoid any further AI-related price rises | daily.dev og:description: Nex Playground, a motion-tracking family console that outsold PS5 in US hardware units in November 2025, is launching in the UK and Ireland at £269.99. CEO... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/we-have-secured-our-components-for-this-year-nex-playground-hopes-to-avoid-any-further-ai-relate-mmz9v1ekk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/mMz9V1eKK.png og:image:alt: "We have secured our components for this year" – Nex Playground hopes to avoid any further AI-related price rises og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # "We have secured our components for this year" – Nex Playground hopes to avoid any further AI-related price rises **[GamesIndustry.biz](https://daily.dev/sources/gamesindustry)** · 8 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Nex Playground, a motion-tracking family console that outsold PS5 in US hardware units in November 2025, is launching in the UK and Ireland at £269.99. CEO David Lee and president Thomas Kang discuss how AI-driven component cost increases forced a price rise from $249 to $299 in the US, but say components are secured for the rest of 2026. The console uses a subscription model ($49/£45 for 3 months) with over 80% attach rate and 70%+ renewal. Nex intentionally limits its game library to avoid shovelware, pays developers past minimum guarantees via a rev-share engagement model, and is cautiously rolling out optional online multiplayer with parental controls. European expansion is the current focus, with Asia planned as a next step. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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