// THE VERGE — HARDWARE & GADGET
The next Xbox could play every Xbox game ever made
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A leaked memo shows Microsoft asking publishers nicely to let it.
A leaked memo shows Microsoft asking publishers nicely to let it.
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The next Xbox, Project Helix, could theoretically have the largest library of any home console. Not only will it play PC games, but we now know, courtesy of a leaked memo obtained by The Verge’s Tom Warren, that it will run games from every generation of Xbox: the original 2001 Xbox, the 2005 Xbox 360, the 2013 Xbox One, and the 2020 Xbox Series, as well as any new Helix titles.
We already knew that Microsoft was bringing a limited sample of original Xbox games to PC, and we already knew it was prepping a way to digitize your Xbox One and Xbox Series discs. The leak fills in the missing puzzle pieces.
Microsoft is bringing Xbox 360 games to PC, too, and explicitly states that those games will run on Helix in addition to “Xbox PCs.” The document also clearly states that your digitized Xbox One and Xbox Series discs can follow you to “any Xbox device,” so Helix will get those too. Five generations of Xbox games under one roof.