The price of the new Xbox One X console has been revealed ahead of the E3 games convention in Los Angeles.

On Sunday night Microsoft took to the stage for their Keynote to unveil the console which the company say will rival Sony's PlayStation 4 Pro.

The new Xbox console, previously known as Project Scorpio, will include processor chips and graphical power normally associated with high-end gaming PCs with Microsoft saying it will be 40 per cent more powerful than any previous games console.

The 6-teraflop graphical processing unit (GPU) is 4.6 times more powerful than the original Xbox One and the GPU is backed by 12GB of RAM, 1TB of storage and an AMD CPU running at 2.3GHz.

Microsoft has also employed a new liquid cooling system to keep the heat at bay.

It will, the company say, have the power to improve picture quality on televisions without 4K capability, as well as shorten loading times on older games.

However the console will not support virtual reality.

How much will it cost and when is it released?

The Xbox One X has been priced at £449 (#179974) - £100( #40083) more than the PS4 Pro, which went on sale last year.

But games industry analyst Piers Harding-Rolls, from IHS Markit, said keen gamers will not be put off by the valuation.

"Even if the price point was revealed to be higher than this, we did not expect this to impact sales of the console at launch," he said.

"Xbox enthusiasts will pay significant sums to get hold of the latest and greatest."

The new Xbox will go on sale on November 7.

Why does it not have VR support?

When first announced last year under the codename Project Scorpio, it was suggested the increased specifications of the One X were to enable the device to support virtual reality headsets.

Sony took such an approach with the PS4 Pro, marketing it as the best companion for its PlayStation VR headset, which has sold a million units since launch last year.

However, Microsoft did not announce a single virtual reality game during its press conference.

The "niche" nature of virtual reality was the reason for this, Mr Harding-Rolls claimed.

"While the One X has the power to drive VR experiences, Microsoft's lack of VR coverage at its press event underlines that VR remains a niche pursuit and that it will not be rolling out headset support until at least 2018," he said.

What Xbox games were announced at E3?

A host of new games were unveiled alongside the new console, including a new instalment in the Assassin's Creed series. The company showed off 42 games at the briefing, 22 of which will be exclusives.

Here are the main game announcements from the event:

Forza Motorsport 7 willl launch on Xbox One X with full 4K visuals running at 60fps.

Super Lucky's Tale - a former exclusive title to the Oculus virtual reality platform, will be coming to Xbox.

Even more of Rare's Sea of Thieves was shown off, although there was no specific release date.


A 4K graphics update to Minecraft will be released in the autumn.

Assassin's Creed: Origins will take the series into the world of ancient Egypt.

The Metro series will also be coming back with Metro: Exodus. No release date has been set but it will arrive next year.

Other titles include: State of Decay 2, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, Life is Strange: Before the Storm

Electronic Arts closed off the show with a look at its new title, Anthem. The lush, open-world sci-fi game has players don exoskeletons and fly around exploring and fighting enemies in teams.


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Phil Spencer, head of Xbox, discusses the Xbox One family of devices, including Xbox One X, at the Xbox E3 2017 briefing

There will be no Xbox support for VR just yet

Forza Motorsport 7 in 4K is unveiled at the Xbox E3 2017 briefing