A notorious gaming insider reports that the Xbox Project Helix console may not have a disc drive, and that the company may be considering the end of physical discs. While Xbox has been silent about the news so far, one of the biggest headlines in the video games industry this week was that PlayStation is abandoning the production and sales of physical discs starting January 2028. This hit fans like a freight train, and many are wondering what the ownership of video games will be like when 2028 comes, and consumer protection authorities are wondering what they can do about this.
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Say Goodbye to Physical Discs in Xbox’s Project Helix Console
Jez Corden, a renowned insider who specializes in Microsoft and Xbox-related reporting, shared on the Xbox Two Podcast that Project Helix may not have physical disc drives and may now be considering not supporting physical games. Previously, Corden stated that “Project Helix was never planned to have a disc driver,” but a subsequent article from Tom Warren alleged that nothing had been decided for sure about Project Helix yet. Corden followed up on the news with his sources, and no confirmed stance has indeed been taken. However, Corden wonders what Xbox’s silence about PlayStation no longer supporting physical discs means, and he thinks it may be wiser for the company to say nothing right now if Xbox is also “considering the death of physical discs” as a possibility for Helix.