About this episode

The episode discusses six key questions regarding the newly announced next Xbox, including pricing and features.

Welcome back to Next-Gen Console Watch! Microsoft is getting a head start on next-gen by officialling announcing the next Xbox, codenamed Project Helix. Of course, we have a ton of questions, but we've pared it down to six burning questions ranging from price of games to whether or not it will ship with a disc drive. Plus, we have last week's poll results, and a new poll for you to vote on at IGN.com and Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Topics covered

• next-gen consoles
• Xbox
• gaming news
• poll results
• game pricing
• disc drive

Keywords

• next Xbox
• Project Helix
• Microsoft
• gaming
• poll results
• disc drive
• game pricing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Microsoft, IGN, Spotify

Products: next Xbox, Project Helix

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