Everything we know about the Xbox One X, the $500 game console Microsoft says is the 'most powerful' ever

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Microsoft has a brand-new game console called the Xbox One X. All that "Project Scorpio" talk you might have heard months ago? This is that.

And on Sunday, Microsoft said the first Xbox One X units were up for preorder in the form of an early "Project Scorpio Edition" version of the console.

Microsoft is touting the new device as "the world's most powerful console." Based on what we know about its internal specs, it probably isn't wrong.

But since this kind of iterative release is a bit nontraditional for game consoles, you probably have questions about what exactly this new Xbox is and where it fits into the larger gaming market.

We're here to help — here's what to know about the Xbox One X: