4 reasons you'd want to buy a Project Scorpio Xbox when it's released later this year

Project Scorpio is the third Xbox console that Microsoft has announced since the Xbox One.

Those consoles include the original Xbox One, which arrived in 2013; last year's Xbox One S, the same Xbox One with smaller, more attractive hardware; and now, the high-end Xbox console, Project Scorpio.

Whereas the Xbox One S can only play 4K video but not 4K video games, Project Scorpio boasts some pretty meaty specs to play super-high resolution 4K games and video, but whether you want to upgrade or not depends on a few things. One of those will surely be price, which Digital Foundry estimates to be around $500.

Project Scorpio will be able to play any games originally made available for the original Xbox One and Xbox One S, so aside from price, here are the circumstances when you could potentially justify upgrading to Project Scorpio (if you already own an Xbox One), or buying Project Scorpio when it comes out: