Project Helix will include a console, but Xbox’s next generation is being planned as a family of devices. At a staff town hall, CEO Asha Sharma said Gen 10 would put a console first while accounting for players on the go. She said Microsoft would make some products itself and partner on others, and that the operating system was starting to look good. The remarks appear in a transcript shared with Windows Central.
In August, Sharma had described Helix as a “family of devices” in a BBC interview, but did not specify a console’s place in it. Her town hall comments put a console at the center of the lineup.
Sharma’s mention of players on the go leaves room for portable hardware, but she did not name a handheld. Microsoft has separately said Project Helix will play Xbox and PC games, but the town hall did not clarify whether that compatibility will extend across the wider device family. Sharma also did not describe the operating system’s interface or features.
In March, Xbox said Project Helix alpha developer kits would begin shipping in 2027. That timeline concerns development hardware, not a consumer launch.
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