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

The Nex Playground is the family-centric, Kinect-like crippled console that made 1 Verge editor’s kids laugh, cry, and inquire for much playtime, moreover erstwhile they were sick. The motion-based crippled play isn’t perfect, but it has won complete plentifulness of parents — and it’s connected waste for $239 astatine Amazon, down from its existent MSRP of $299. That’s a patient discount, though only somewhat amended than the Nex’s original $250 price.

Like truthful galore different gadgets, the Nex Playground became a unfortunate of RAMageddon erstwhile its value went up successful April. It got a $60 discount soon aft for Amazon’s week of gaming deals — and again pinch this Prime Day woody — but it’s thing for illustration the $199 prices we saw earlier the RAM situation hit. This is the caller normal, I guess.

Still, immoderate discount is welcome, particularly erstwhile you’ll request a subscription if you want to play much than a fewer starter games. You tin get a 3-month Play Pass for $49 to entree a overmuch deeper catalog of games, aliases salary $89 for a 12-month pass. The subscription system and RAMageddon travel for america all, but astatine slightest a waste tin return a small spot of the sting retired of it.