Xbox CEO won’t confirm whether Project Helix will include a disc drive

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Xbox CEO Asha Sharma declined to confirm whether the company’s next console, codenamed Project Helix, will include a disc drive. The presence or absence of a disc drive determines whether players can use physical game discs and previously purchased discs from older Xbox generations. That decision affects backward compatibility and consumers’ ability to buy, play, and resell physical games.

• Asha Sharma is the CEO of Xbox.
• Project Helix is the codename for Xbox’s next console.
• Sharma declined to confirm whether Project Helix will include a built-in disc drive.
• A built-in disc drive determines support for physical game discs, backward compatibility with older Xbox discs, and the ability to play used physical games.