自微軟上周在GDC上揭開次世代Xbox主機Project Helix的面紗後，現在所有人都對下一代Xbox有了一個大致的了解。知名硬體媒體Digital Foundry甚至犀利地指出，Project Helix本質上就是一台PC。
Digital Foundry：
「這意味著Xbox那種完全圍繞主機環境設計的時代正在結束。」
「從開發者的角度來看，Xbox基本上就是一台PC。」
「很可能就跑那些PC遊戲吧。」
「也許會有一定程度的專門優化，但本質上運行的還是和PC版完全相同的代碼。」
「Project Helix在形式上仍然會表現為一台主機，但它實際上運行的是Windows系統——可以理解為一個比ROG Xbox Ally X前端更嚴格、更封閉一點的Windows環境。」
「換句話說，開發者現在其實就是在為Windows平台開發。」
「未來可能不再需要專門製作獨立的Xbox版本。」
「那Series X最後會不會迎來一個比較尷尬的結局?」
「我們甚至可能看到Series X在生命周期末期給人一種被歷史淘汰、被丟進垃圾桶一樣的感覺。」
「Series S確實讓很多工作室付出了大量開發成本，所以如果它被淘汰，我個人不會太難過。但我很好奇，在跨世代階段，這會對Xbox遊戲開發的未來意味著什麼。」
「我們一直從開發者那裡聽到的反饋是：Series S的記憶體管理非常非常困難。」
Digital Foundry on #Xbox Project Helix: 「It is the end of a fully focused console environment for Xbox」 "From a developer perspective, Xbox is a PC" "Probably just going to be running those PC games" "Perhaps one that receives a limited level of specific optimisations but basically runs the exact same code as the PC build. "Project Helix will present as a console, but it will be running Windows - think a more tightly defined version of the ROG Xbox Ally X front-end." "They're developing for Windows at this point." "Not have people make bespoke Xbox versions anymore" "Will [Series X] get a disgraced ending?" "We may actually see Series X get like a thown to the dustbin of history kind of feeling at the end of it." "Series S has meant a lot of development effort for a lot of studios, so if it gets dropped I wouldn't be so sad, but I'm just very curious what it means for the future development of Xbox games during the cross-gen period" "The feedback we get all the time is memory management [on Series S] has been very very challenging"
