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Hey, At Least It Comes With a Headset

The fact that Sony came out and fixed everything the PS3 was lacking has pleased many people. In addition of making the PS4 an easy machine to develop on, Sony shocked the gaming world by delivering a $399.99 price for the PlayStation 4. One of the many PS3 complaints was the lack of a headset included in the box; of course Sony offered a few “additional cost” options a few years later such as; the wireless Bluetooth headset and the Wireless Stereo Headset. However, the fact that the Xbox was able to fit that small part into its box still left many gamers baffled by Sony’s weird and anti-consumer friendly decisions.

versusALL4728d ago

It comes with a headset. That's cool, so I don't have to buy one, lol.

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Godmars2904728d ago

Think its better, way better, that the headphones they put out for the PS3 work on the PS4.

PCs too.

sobekflakmonkey4728d ago

Yeah, I use the PS monitor and the PS headset for PC gaming, and sometimes the headset for my PS3 lol the monitor is fantastic and works extremely well with my PC, its a super clean monitor, the headset aint anything to complain about either. I'm glad I got them.

DarkBlood4728d ago

do you guys know if i can talk to them without needing a headset?

since im kind of hard of hearing and all lol plus i dont have a device that syncs with my implant yet anyways so best i can do is listen to them from the tv

shikamaroooo4728d ago

Ps Eye lets you hear peoples Voices straight from the TV, as well as being a Mic itself.

KwietStorm_BLM4728d ago

You can hear better from the TV than a headset?

GunsAndTheBeast4728d ago

@shikamaroooo Just like Kinect 2, minus the NSA listening to you.

DarkBlood4728d ago (Edited 4728d ago )

@KwietStorm im hard of hearing or "deaf" if thats easier to understand lol i wouldnt hear anything from a headset and as for my implant i dont recieve sound the same way a normal person would mine is done digitally

and i dont have the program yet to wirelessly connect to any bluetooth device

mattkelly19914727d ago

You Can Have The Audio Come From The Tv.

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abzdine4728d ago

it's a universal jack connection so we can use whatever type of headset.

make.believe
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MultiConsoleGamer4728d ago

It comes with a headset and it's still $100 cheaper.

Godmars2904728d ago

Probably because its a $5 headset lol.

Thomper4728d ago

$5? That's being generous ;0)

claudionmc4728d ago

Well... then $105 cheaper ;)

maniacmayhem4728d ago

Isn't Kinect 2 one big headset with a mic?

Yes it is..

PerryCaravello4728d ago (Edited 4728d ago )

Is it taking pictures of your penis while you sleep?

Yes it is..

shikamaroooo4728d ago

head·set
/ˈhedˌset/
Noun
A set of headphones, typically with a microphone attached

GunsAndTheBeast4728d ago (Edited 4728d ago )

Kinect is crap. Deal with it. How many hardcore gamers will play with kinect do you think? We're too lazy for motion controls. I'd rather sit on my fat ass all day long rather then waving my arms like a tard, and lose a couple of pounds.

Seriously though, most people won't use kinect for hardcore games, it failed last time, it'll fail this time too.

elhebbo164728d ago

@guns "Kinect is crap. Deal with it" you replied to the wrong guy.

Hicken4728d ago

Why don't you buy an XBOne and show us a picture of you with the Kinect 2 on your head, maniac?

maniacmayhem4728d ago

Why, when I can place it next to my 55 inch plasma and talk to my friends from my couch?

Mikeyy4728d ago (Edited 4728d ago )

While your friends and everybody else mute you because the kinect just picks up all the noise from your TV.

Kinect users are instant mutes.

Hicken4728d ago

A headset is meant to be worn, oh, I don't know, ON YOUR HEAD.

Therefore, unless Kinect 2 can be worn on your head- like every other headset in the known universe- your initial comment was wrong.

maniacmayhem4728d ago

Oooh I get it now, you actually took my comment literally. My bad...let me explain for the hard pressed and anal up tight folks.

*ahem*

Since the Kinect 2 comes with every Xbox 1 and since it CAN pick up and transmit voices I can only assume through investigations and worldly experience with similar tech that it functions just like a headset one would wear on their cabeza.

There ya go Hicken, I have broken it down so even toddlers, special needs and you could understand.

Hicken4728d ago (Edited 4728d ago )

... and you still fail to get why that doesn't work.

Namely, that it'll be RIGHT NEXT TO THE TV, so it'll pick up every sound the TV makes. Plus every other sound that happens in the room.

Oh, and you, too.

So yeah, I guess you could use the Kinect as a "headset," but it'd be a piss poor one, given that no amount of noise canceling tech it comes with could single out your voice and filter everything else away as simply noise before submitting it to the ears of others.

You'd think your "investigations and worldly experiences with similar tech" would have made that obvious to you. Apparently, though, you're not on the level of a toddler just yet.

Thanks for playing.

Edit: Has that "acoustic source localization and ambient noise suppression" been shown working in real time? Cuz it sounds to me just like more of "teh cloud!!!" PR talk. And that STILL doesn't explain how it would differentiate voices in the same room, how it would determine which voice to transmit, and which ones to cancel out.

Did you look that up while you were coming up with that ridiculous "cooked or raw" line?

Back to the drawing board for you.

maniacmayhem4728d ago (Edited 4728d ago )

Please insert quarter to continue...

*sigh*

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

"The Kinect sensor's microphone array enables the Xbox 360 to conduct acoustic source localization and ambient noise suppression, allowing for things such as headset-free party chat over Xbox Live."

Wait, if I remember correctly you don't own an Xbox or the Kinect device. So do you know for certain that it picks up everything in your room and blasts it through the speakers? Have you experienced it first hand or are you just your old bitter self complaining about anything MS related?

You see Hicken I DID INVESTIGATE instead of just HATE. And the Kinect can cancel out other noises from around your room and others you are talking to. So it does work JUST LIKE A HEADSET.

And the point (which you so ninjaly dodged and ducked) IS that even though the X1 doesn't come with the headset there is still a device that works similar to it.
Do you like your baby food cooked or raw?

Game Over!

Angeljuice4728d ago

But it still doesn't work properly (like a 'headset' would). Noise-cancellation on kinnect was really poor IMO, you did hear 'fights and sirens' in the background.

maniacmayhem4728d ago

@Hicken

Wow, just wow, has reading escaped your grasp as well as reality? That link is for the FIRST Kinect. The first Kinect can cancel out background noise and ambient sounds. And since this is Kinect 2....yadda, yadda, yadda.

So yes it is the power of the Cell...OOPS, I meant the power of the cloud. Or it could be something called TECHNOLOGY! You know science? That thing we all learned that explains hocus pocus.

And again you ducked, parried and focused attacked the main point. Even with no headset the Kinect 2 will work in the same way a headset will.

Seriously, you go around N4G adding nothing to any topic even with your new found bubble powers. You have no clue yourself if it works that well with the Kinect 2. But you are definitely in full blown hate mode trolling any MS topic replying only, instead of adding. Then coming up with some lame excuse that your a "gamer" and have some new found right to be an a-hole.

Time to get the medication Hicken.

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mattkelly19914727d ago

Having A Microphone That Can Hear Everything, Including The Sound From The Tv Is Not The Same Ss Having A Headset.

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PerryCaravello4728d ago

I have the original Offical PS3 bluetooth headset. The one before the redesign. Bought it for killzone 2, also got broadband for killzone 2.

Waaaaaay back in 2009. Wow....

GunsAndTheBeast4728d ago

It's bluetooth and you can use it for PS4 yay!

KwietStorm_BLM4728d ago

I hadn't used that thing since I got the Pulse Elite headphones, but I used it the other day when the battery ran out, and I got a damn blister in my ear. I forgot how uncomfortable that thing is.

Dunpeal4728d ago

once you go pulse elite, you never go back to the weak

elhebbo164728d ago

once you put on the pulse, you start calling people with cheap headsets peasants :p

MasterCornholio4728d ago (Edited 4728d ago )

I still have the headset that was bundled with warhawk (which i bought used)

Edit: Bought used: Warhawk with the headset.

strigoi8144728d ago

I probably gonna use this for my iphone if it works fine

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Playstation Plus Monthly Games for May: EA Sports FC 26, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, Nine Sols

All available May 5.

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FPSRUSSIA40d ago

What's Point in commenting your basicly closing down the site.

LiViNgLeGaCY40d ago

I'm surprised it's still the old site. I thought he said starting today?

Eonjay40d ago

Its like the final episode of the Sapranos. You gonna go to make a comment and when you click add th-

Profchaos39d ago

Timezone thing maybe.... RIP

darthv7240d ago

Insert the Ferris Bueller end scene... "You're still here? It's over.."

LiViNgLeGaCY40d ago

I think the only game here for me is Nine Sols. Was always interested in that game.

TheColbertinator40d ago

Glad I don't buy FIFA games anymore

Rebel_Scum39d ago

Hey now! Thats a great month.

Nacho_Z39d ago

Good month for me, I wanted that particular footy game and thought it might be due. Anyway who cares, shame about the site I'll miss the comment sections. All the best everyone.

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Naughty Dog Was Reportedly Divided On Joel's Controversial Fate During Development Of TLOU Part 2

Naughty Dog was reportedly divided on the controversial fate of Joel in The Last of Us Part 2 during the game's development.

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SimpleDad40d ago

NO, that can't be... No! I can't... Really?/s

Cacabunga40d ago

They for sure chose the worst way to deal with it

-Foxtrot39d ago

Funny considering Bruce left half way through development and now we get told there was an internal conflict with the story direction.

Makes you think…

HectixRose40d ago

I think it was good decision, if he was still alive, he would have been a mascot just like Kratos, drake and many others. These old dudes gotta die for new characters to take center stage with their own storyline. They keep dragging the emotional baggage into many sequels and eventually the story just turns into absolute shit show.

JEECE40d ago

It was ironic because people complained heavily about the story in the Uncharted games not having sufficient stakes because all the key characters always survived, despite the dangerous situations they were always in. Then ND killed a character in a more serious series and everyone lost their minds. Just shows that people don't always really want the thing they say they want.

CantThinkOfAUsername39d ago

I thought the more common complaint about Uncharted franchise was how the main cast are the good guys acting so nonchalantly while killing hundreds in cold blood (aka the dissonance between gameplay and story cutscenes). They just did it again in Part II.

Soy40d ago

Didn't have to kill him. Just have them part ways or Joel can "retire," whatever.

DarXyde40d ago

I don't think he would necessarily need to become a mascot (and besides, technically, I'd say Ellie is... So regardless, someone was going to be).

From a narrative perspective, I do think it has a similar effect to Ricky dying in Boyz N Da Hood: very likeable character, and you're really motivated to see the get back—in this case, it's more intense because it's an interactive experience. Most people hated Abby, but I get what they were after with portraying the cycle of violence and revenge—unfortunately, the game appears to want to take the side of the bad people.

But I will say that if Joel survived, it does become harder to tell an interesting story. What COULD have happened is an exploration into the rift between Joel and Ellie after the trolley dilemma events of the first game. It could have been interesting to see Abby out for revenge at the same time Ellie hated Joel.

Ashunderfire8640d ago

Sorry just had to say this lol! RICKYYYY!

Man Cuba Gooding Jr was miscast in that movie, but that part was cringey it was sad and funny at the same time man.

Ashunderfire8640d ago (Edited 40d ago )

I understand but the way they went about killing Joel, was poorly executed. Even the show of the Last of Us games tried to improved it, but it was just as bad. Well at least Joel got to know the reason why he had to die, before the death happened in the show. That part gave us the full context, but the game just let it happen with no pay off.

Joel death should have been a midway thing through the story, so we at least get to play him a little more with Ellie. Abby didn’t need to be this Hulk looking woman, but more like the show Abby which is a beater idea in my opinion.

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InUrFoxHole40d ago

The only ND game that was so disappointing to me I couldn't finish it.

pwnmaster300040d ago

Honestly as much as I loved the game, they could have just not killed him off.
I get it creator vision and all but killing a character that made you millions is just wrong imo. At least have him go down fighting.

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Final Fantasy X 25th Anniversary Website Launches With New Nomura Artwork and Merchandise

Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.

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-Foxtrot40d ago

Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.

They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.

solideagle40d ago

they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.

Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted

Relientk7740d ago

Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments