Xbox One Will Not Include a Headset Kinect to stand in for omitted headset
Xbox Live has long been considered a more vocally-engaged multiplayer service than Sony's PlayStation Network, largely due to the inclusion of a traditional mono headset with Xbox 360 - as oppose to PS3's sold separately solutions.
Microsoft staff recently confirmed the surprising omission of a traditional headset with Xbox One, and has today issued a statement to say that the bundled Kinect sensor will stand in as a suitable replacement.
"Xbox One does not include a pack-in headset accessory," said a Microsoft rep in a statement to Ars Technica. "Each Xbox One includes the new Kinect sensor, with a highly sensitive multi-array [of] microphones designed to enable voice inputs and chat as a system-level capability, both in-game and with Skype and other experiences.
"For gamers who prefer a headset, we have a variety of offerings that you can find on the Xbox Wire," they added.
We can only assume that in-game chat via Kinect will be achieved by having the voices of other players coming through your primary speaker system, along with the game's sound effects - which some may see as unfavorable.
It would assumedly also eliminate your ability to adjust voice chat volume or mute your own voice on the fly. The Xbox 360 headsets are, thanks to differing connections on the Xbox One controller, entirely incompatible.
Microsoft has recently updated its Xbox Wire site with more pictures and details for the sold-separately Xbox One headset, which is evidently a fairly conventional mono speaker setup, with volume and mute controls handily within reach of your thumbs while holding the controller - much like the very first-gen Xbox 360 headsets, which were oddly replaced with a headset that had controls awkwardly relocated away from the controller.
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KatsumiPosted:
wok eww kinect mics are the worst.
Hopefully the Xbox One Kinect isn't as bad as the current Kinect.
GoldPeakTeaPosted:
Wow, I hate how people put their Kinect's right next to their TV speakers and then I have to mute everyone!
WokzePosted:
Gossip Wow that is stupid. It better not sound like the kinect we have now, ill end up muting everybody lol
Sure is, bet the mics are atleast 15 pounds aswell.
slapshot101Posted:
-Cody Exactly, what are we going to do unplug it?I guess we will just have to turn it off in settings, there is not much more we can do, we have to have it plugged into the Xbox.
TaigaAisakaPosted:
slapshot101Gossip Wow that is stupid. It better not sound like the kinect we have now, ill end up muting everybody lol
I am sure it will, it is suppose to have better microphones which means it will pick up all the sounds, plus how are we going to mute our Kinect quick and easy like a mic?
You won't that's the bad thing. I know those people who mute their mic real quick when someone starts talking in their house will be forced to let everyone hear what's going on :/ One of my friend's mom likes to yell and scream at everyone so he mutes his mic a lot, he won't be able to do this now if they don't have a quick mute button for the Kinect.
slapshot101Posted:
Gossip Wow that is stupid. It better not sound like the kinect we have now, ill end up muting everybody lol
I am sure it will, it is suppose to have better microphones which means it will pick up all the sounds, plus how are we going to mute our Kinect quick and easy like a mic?
GossipPosted:
Wow that is stupid. It better not sound like the kinect we have now, ill end up muting everybody lol
YurPosted:
Zeff I already hate that stupid kinect and now i have to talk to my friends through it?
Yea, it sucks
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