{"id":75574,"date":"2026-04-15T15:41:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T19:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=75574"},"modified":"2026-04-15T16:36:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T20:36:44","slug":"next-gen-xbox-project-helix-will-benefit-from-hardware-and-software-teams-working-together-exec-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=75574","title":{"rendered":"Next-Gen Xbox Project Helix Will Benefit From Hardware And Software Teams Working Together, Exec Says"},"content":{"rendered":"

Xbox boss Matty Booty has commented on the upcoming PC\/console hybrid device currently in the works under the codename Project Helix<\/a>. Appearing on the newest Xbox podcast<\/a>, Booty–who was recently promoted to chief content officer at Xbox–said Microsoft stands apart from other “big publishers” because the company has both hardware and software divisions, and this is helping make Project Helix better.<\/p>\n

It’s true that not every publisher has hardware and software divisions, but Microsoft’s biggest competitors–Sony and Nintendo–do. In any event, Booty said Xbox’s hardware and software teams got involved with Project Helix “early on” to map out the vision and technical specs for Helix.<\/p>\n

“We’re there every step of the way as these things come along, so it’s an exciting time. As we’ve done with many consoles before, those two teams will work hand-in-hand as we get that together,” he said. “As the hardware comes online, our teams will be the first to get involved. There’s already a lot of that already happening.”<\/p>\n

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This is “where Xbox really shines and where we stand apart and what shows off what’s unique about us,” Booty added. He said it was an “exciting moment” to announce Project Helix and showcase the synergy between Xbox’s hardware<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Xbox boss Matty Booty has commented on the upcoming PC\/console hybrid device currently in the works under the codename Project Helix. Appearing on the newest Xbox podcast, Booty–who was recently promoted to chief content officer at Xbox–said Microsoft stands apart from other “big publishers” because the company has both hardware and software divisions, and this…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":75576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external","brand-gamespot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75574"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75574"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75577,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75574\/revisions\/75577"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/75576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}