... This is going to get very irritating for me. I'm one of the few people that still has their surround sound theater setup. =( Xbox is just making this unnecessarily complicated. The mics on the controllers are just fine.
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... This is going to get very irritating for me. I'm one of the few people that still has their surround sound theater setup. =( Xbox is just making this unnecessarily complicated. The mics on the controllers are just fine.
This situation is a bit of a pickle, however, you can use ANY Bluetooth head set. Even the ones you use for your cell phones.
As for the more expensive ones (i.e. Turtle Beach, Triton, etc...), I'm assuming that those manufacturers will make adapters of some sort. Probably, cheap.
Example, I own A40s from Astro, those guys just keep making adapters for different hook ups, the headset itself never changes. So...
A "No headset" for me is NOT a deal breaker. There might be bigger issues that might do it.
I meant to say "Might", hell I don't know if there are gonna be any issues. Geez
We're still 5 months out to release, as we saw, anything can change!
"I just found this information on http://www.turtlebeach.com/ that might clear up what might be needed or necessary if you have one of their headsets and want
to use it with your X1 console. Enjoy
http://www.turtlebeach.com/support/entry/830517528"
Enamelized, that article is referring to the redesigned Xbox 360 E console, not the X1 console, which DOES have an optical out.
I think there's some serious confusion in this thread. As far as 5.1 headsets such as the Turtle Beach X31 and X41s, the AUDIO should work fine with the Xbox One, because it has an Optical Out. The issue surrounds the microphone part of these sorts of headsets, as they plug in to the jack on the Xbox 360 controller, and the Xbox One will have a different jack. So while you'll be able to hear the game just fine, you won't be able to talk to anyone.
Recent stories have indicated that Microsoft is either working on an adapter OR will allow other third-parties to make one, but these types of products may not be available right away. We'll have to sit tight with our fingers crossed and hope that Microsoft will be flexible in this regard, allowing a number of solutions for different types of headsets.
Kam, it may not be an issue for you, but it will definitely be a deal breaker for me if I can't use my Turtle Beach X31s or X41s via some sort of adapter. I'm already in the doghouse for buying them both and it's unlikely if I buy yet another headset for the Xbox One that she won't notice. Also, it's because of these headsets that my marriage has managed to survive the Xbox 360 generation of consoles, because my wife doesn't have to put up with all the noise from my games and the profanity of countless 12-year old dip****s on Xbox Live.
A Bluetooth headset solution, even if supported by Xbox One, unfortunately doesn't solve the problem because most Bluetooth headsets are for communication only, they don't carry the sound of the game to your ears, meaning you're still going to have sound blasting out of the speakers on your TV or sound system. In my marriage, that's grounds for divorce. And a full-on, surround sound headphone/headset combo that uses Bluetooth, that's a device that will likely be upwards of $300, also grounds for divorce.
Hopefully Microsoft will provide an inexpensive adapter that will allow existing headsets to work, early on in the Xbox One lifecycle...because that is seriously going to affect when and where in the household I can play multiplayer games on my Xbox One.
What would have been cool, is a jack to put any old 360 headset in the new controller.
There is a video on YouTube right not with Major Nelson where he opens up and XBOX one box and in it there is a head set.
They broke down and added a mono headset to the box. Good move I think . http://news.xbox.com/2013/08/xbox-on...PIPMCOREPREORD
yup. They are doing better moves now!