XBOX has pushed back on a report making claims about Project Helix’s development.
Fortune editor Sebastian Herrera has a report out on XBOX’s plans behind the scenes under Asha Sharma. He shared some of these key insights on Twitter:
Some scoops to note from this piece:
– Xbox is planning a major overhaul of Game Pass that would have players choose features à la carte, including add-ons for console-only games, cloud gaming, and multiplayer.
– Xbox and Windows teams have clashed over the OS for the next-gen hardware.
XBOX Chief Technology Officer Scott Van Vliet shared this statement shortly after:
Helix OS is being built on Windows, and the XBOX and Windows teams are working closely together on the next generation of devices.
The account cited here misrepresents both the technical work and the relationship between the teams.
At the start of the month, XBOX CEO Asha Sharma told employees that Project Helix would become a family of devices, suggesting that there would be a shared platform for Helix’s XBOX consoles, gaming PCs including handhelds, and maybe even the cloud.
