Xbox CEO Asha Sharma says memory costs will affect Project Helix pricing and availability, and Microsoft is not ready to share a launch timeline. Development kits are still scheduled to begin shipping in 2027, but the company is now openly tying next-gen hardware plans to the AI-driven chip crunch.
On April 23, Xbox told staff it is changing the Microsoft Gaming team name back to Xbox, making daily active players its new core metric and putting Project Helix, PC growth, cloud, and sustainable Game Pass pricing at the center of the next plan.
A high-traffic r/Games post highlights Microsoft’s Project Helix reveal, with Xbox leadership saying the next console will focus on performance and support both Xbox and PC games.