Xbox is Still Woefully Behind on Audio

Sound Matters

Alex Rowe

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Sony Pulse Explore earbuds and a Pulse Elite gaming headset on a desk next to a powered-on Xbox controller.
Sony’s latest Pulse earbuds and headset (pictured) both have full wireless PC compatibility out of the box, and the headset will even work wired with an Xbox. Microsoft’s competing Xbox Headset is locked to their proprietary wireless platform. Photo taken by the author.

Microsoft. They’re a big tech company. Depending on the day of the week and current share prices, maybe even the biggest! They produce Windows, one of the most ubiquitous operating systems and one of the largest-ever gaming platforms. If you want to get good game audio out of your Windows PC, you have so many options. You can plug stuff in to your motherboard’s built-in…

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Alex Rowe

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