The idea of Project Hhelix appeared at Microsoft more than ten years ago. In 2016, Jason Schreier and Keza MacDonald wrote in an article for Kotaku about Microsoft's long-term strategy to bring Xbox and Windows closer together. The company began releasing games on both platforms at once. Examples: Halo Wars 2 and Sea of Thieves.
Project Helix represents an interesting vision of the future of the gaming industry. If Microsoft succeeds in implementing it, gamers will be able to get a device that offers a new experience – something between a console and a gaming PC. It is important to remember one key detail: if everything works as Microsoft intended, ROG Xbox Ally X has already demonstrated that even a high-performance device without a properly refined system and ecosystem does not guarantee a perfect gaming experience, and this directly affects the quality of the game and the acceptance of the platform by players.