https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/20/microsoft-kicks-off-xbox-one-x-pre-orders-today-with-a-limited-project-scorpio-edition/ >Microsoft just pulled the trigger on Xbox One X pre-orders, offering up the souped up version of its console for $499. Unveiled back at E3 in June after a year’s worth of teasers, the latest Xbox One features more memory and improved processing designed for 4K playback. >The company is also using its platform at the Gamecom conference in Cologne, Germany to debut a limited edition version of the One X, in line with the Xbox One’s Day One edition. The new system is an homage to the console’s far, far cooler Project Scorpio codename. Ultimately, Microsoft ditched the name, deciding was probably more fit for a late-Cold War era spy movie where Dolph Lundgren reprises his role as Ivan Drago.