Overview
- Nex Playground, which opened pre-orders Monday in the UK and Ireland via Amazon UK, Argos and Smyths, is slated for wider retail in late June including TikTok Shop.
- The controller-free motion console costs £269 and includes five starter games, with Play Pass priced at £90 per year or £45 per quarter.
- Play Pass grants access to a growing library of more than 60 active titles, including upcoming Bluey mini-games plus Avatar: The Last Airbender and Dora the Explorer.
- Nex stresses child safety with on-device motion processing, a built-in camera cover, a closed ad-free catalog, and certifications such as PEGI 3, kidSAFE+ and U.S. COPPA compliance.
- This first rollout outside North America follows strong U.S. holiday sales, with Nex saying it is nearing one million units sold and earning a spot on TIME’s 2026 entertainment list.