Microsoft: You Don’t Get A Headset With Xbox One, That’s What The Kinect’s For

The Xbox 360 Headset

For their second round, Microsoft made everything better with their headset. They employed a stationary swivel with the microphone so you could mount it on either side of your head with a simple twist. They also simplified the ‘puck’ by not needing a puck at all and building the connector right into the headset. This was particularly useful when plugged into a wireless controller in an era before Bluetooth headsets took off. Not that you should ever have one.

It was during this era that I’d become disinterested in playing competitively and the idea of sitting on my couch/bed/whatever and slipping on a headset seemed super silly. I don’t mind doing it at my desk with PC games, but with a console? Eh. Xbox One is changing that up, though.