Microsoft’s officially codenamed next-generation Xbox, a hybrid console and PC built on a custom AMD system-on-chip that runs Windows 11 and plays games from Steam, GOG, and the Microsoft Store. Targeted for a 2027 to 2028 release.
Platform
Project Helix
Microsoft’s officially codenamed next-generation Xbox, a hybrid console and PC built on a custom AMD system-on-chip that runs Windows 11 and plays games from Steam, GOG, and the Microsoft Store. Targeted for a 2027 to 2028 release.
Analysis
The Steam Machine is the End of Gaming Consoles
At $1,049 for an open PC in a box that Valve refuses to sell at a loss, the Steam Machine resets what a living-room console costs and does. With Xbox's Project Helix and the PlayStation 6 both built as PC hybrids, the case that the conventional console is ending has rarely looked stronger.