Next Xbox to address headset sound quality issues
updated 06:30 pm EDT, Thu August 26, 2010
Codec set to be revamped
Microsoft will finally address sound quality issues with Xbox headsets as the company refreshes the console later this year. Speaking at the Edinburgh Interactive Festival, Xbox Live Studios head Jerry Johnson announced that the audio codec and infrastructure will both be upgraded for higher voice quality between chatting gamers.
"The codec we used when we first launched was a low bit rate codec and we stuck with that," Johnson admits. "It's time for us to move on. Especially if we want to think about broadening - a crackly headset on the top of your head – not what people think of when they talk about popular entertainment."
The revamped audio system will be launched early in November alongside the Kinect controller-free input sensor. [via Eurogamer]
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Why don't they address self destructing hard drive issue? What good is A spiffy new audio system if it's surrounded by suck?