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After six years of the Xbox Series X|S , Microsoft is gearing up to announce its successor, currently known as Project Helix. The upcoming hardware could help the company revitalize its gaming brand after a console generation tainted by underwhelming sales numbers, layoffs, marketing missteps, and tens of billions of dollars worth of acquisitions that failed to manifest any must-play exclusives. With Helix, there's no doubt the company would like to break the record for the best-selling Xbox console of all time, a title currently held by the Xbox 360.

Following its November 2005 release, Xbox 360 sold 85.73 million units worldwide, making it the 10th best-selling gaming platform of all time. Just above it is the PlayStation 3 — the Xbox 360's primary competitor — which sold 87.4 million units.…