The Tribune

XBOX ONE is shrinking in size and growing in power.

Microsoft has unveiled a new, slimmer version of the video game console coming later this year and teased a more powerful one that is due in 2017. The company said on Monday the white Xbox One S is 40 per cent smaller than the original black Xbox One and will feature support for high-definition 4K video.

Other changes include moving the USB ports to the front of the console, adding a built-in infrared blaster and eliminating the port for the motion-detecting Kinect camera system.

Microsoft says the console will go on sale in August for $299 to $399 depending on the size of the hard drive.

The company also detailed Project Scorpio, a more powerful Xbox One that will feature support for 4K gaming and virtual reality, at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). The new console will feature six teraflops - or 6 trillion floating point operations per second - of power.

“Our vision for the future of gaming is beyond generations,” Xbox head Phil Spencer said. “When it ships next year, we believe it will be the most powerful console ever built.”

He promised that all Xbox One games would work across the three systems: Xbox One, Xbox One S and Project Scorpio.