E3 2017: Xbox One X Announced, Will Cost $499

<p>We now know a lot more about Project Scorpio&comma; Microsoft&&num;8217&semi;s high-end console that serves as a direct competitor to the PS4 Pro&period; Called the Xbox One X&comma; the console will launch on November 7th for a retail price of &dollar;499 USD&period; Of course&comma; the news came from Microsoft&&num;8217&semi;s E3 conference where Head of Xbox&comma; Phil Spencer&comma; revealed the price point and release date alongside the powerful specs of the hardware&period; The reveal video is below if you want to watch a woman get sucked into an Xbox One X&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><iframe width&equals;"560" height&equals;"315" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;embed&sol;g-gp-Voq6MQ" frameborder&equals;"0" allowfullscreen><&sol;iframe><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The price was heavily rumored as &dollar;499 before the conference due to just how powerful the console is supposed to be&period; The console will allow for 4K gaming and video playback&comma; and let gamers record clips in 4K at 60FPS&period; The system is &&num;8220&semi;<em>40&percnt; more powerful than any other console&&num;8221&semi; <&sol;em>according to Microsoft&comma; and with 6 teraflops of processing power and 12GB GDDR5 graphic memory&comma; its hard to argue otherwise&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The conference showcased a lot of games that would support the upgrade&comma; including <em>Gears of War 4 <&sol;em>and <em>Forza Horizon 3 <&sol;em>for first-party titles&comma; with third-party games like <em>Final Fantasy XV <&sol;em>and <em>Resident Evil 7 <&sol;em>also getting updates for 4K support&period; There will be over 30 third-party games getting the updates for the Xbox One X&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It&&num;8217&semi;s clear the new Xbox will definitely pack a punch&comma; but we&&num;8217&semi;ll have to wait and see how games that don&&num;8217&semi;t get the updates run on the new system&period; The PS4 Pro ran into issues when running games not optimized for the new hardware&comma; causing a bit of a stir when games run better on the older hardware&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On top of this&comma; yesterday it was announced that the Xbox One S would be getting a price cut of &dollar;50&comma; so if you don&&num;8217&semi;t want to get the new hardware&comma; you can always just spend &dollar;199 USD on the Xbox One S&period; The price cut took effect today&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For more news on Microsoft&&num;8217&semi;s E3 conference&comma; stay tuned to BagoGames&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&colon; Microsoft E3 Conference<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;