{"id":76084,"date":"2026-04-21T15:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T19:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=76084"},"modified":"2026-04-21T16:44:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T20:44:16","slug":"xbox-vp-clarifies-a-key-detail-about-project-helix-but-questions-remain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=76084","title":{"rendered":"Xbox VP Clarifies A Key Detail About Project Helix, But Questions Remain"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Xbox higher-up has responded to a rumor regarding the next-generation platform Project Helix<\/a>, clarifying a key detail about the machine, which can play both console and PC games. But his answer didn’t clear everything up.<\/p>\n

A claim by leaker KelperL2<\/a> said Microsoft would sell Project Helix chips to companies like ASUS and MSI, thereby allowing people to buy a version of the system that runs on the Helix guts. This led to speculation that Project Helix was not in fact a first-party Xbox console and might be more akin to a third-party device like the Rog Ally X from Asus<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But that isn’t necessarily completely true, according to Xbox next-gen VP Jason Ronald. He said on social media<\/a>, “Project Helix will be available as a 1st party Xbox console.”<\/p>\n

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The original leaker said Project Helix “won’t be sold directly to consumers” by Microsoft but would instead be available through third-party sources. Ronald’s statement makes it clear that Project Helix is a “first-party Xbox console,” but there is wiggle room there for other options to be available as well.<\/p>\n

Microsoft has said the Project Helix system will help usher Xbox into a “more flexible, connected future.”<\/a> At the Game Developers Conference this year, Ronald<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An Xbox higher-up has responded to a rumor regarding the next-generation platform Project Helix, clarifying a key detail about the machine, which can play both console and PC games. But his answer didn’t clear everything up. A claim by leaker KelperL2 said Microsoft would sell Project Helix chips to companies like ASUS and MSI, thereby…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":76086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76084","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\/76084"}],"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=76084"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76087,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76084\/revisions\/76087"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/76086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}