Chris Charla says working on modern Xbox hardware and PC will put studios in a better position when making games for Project Helix.
Strauss Zelnick's statement echoes previous ones made by various industry insiders and journalists about the launch plans being on track.
AMD's Jack Huynh has said that FSR Diamond was developed as part of a multi-year co-engineering partnership with Microsoft.
This discussion comes from the fact that Project Helix is slated to have around 26 percent more compute units than the PS6.
The marketing campaign revolved around taking advantage of Microsoft's infrastructure to promote services like cloud gaming on mobile.
The report comes in light of previous reports predicting that next-generation consoles would be pushed back due to RAM shortages.
Xbox might make a comeback in the next couple of years if Microsoft's current efforts to revive its fortunes bear fruit.
The company has posted a few black and white pictures, with two of them bearing a resemblance to the dev kits for Xbox One and One X.
As for the price tag, Project Helix can cost anywhere between $999 and $1,200 thanks to the costs associated with memory and the Magnus APU.
The PS6's chip is also noted as being considerably smaller than the one in Project Helix, making the latter more expensive to produce.
Microsoft Gaming's Asha Sharma says the next-generation console will "lead in performance and play your Xbox and PC games."
Microsoft is apparently working to further converge gaming on Xbox One and Windows 10.