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PlayStation Gold Wireless Stereo Headset Unboxing / First Impressions

Rich Drummond of Richie D Rants writes:

"If you’ve been following Richie D Rants for some time now, you’ll notice that I’m a sucker for headphones, gaming or not. I’ve been in love with he Afterglow Prismatics from PDP, but due to the receiver not fitting correctly, I was looking for a new set to use on my PS4. When I heard Sony was coming out with one, I made sure to keep and eye out for it and with Best Buy’s help, I was able to get it before Tuesday!"

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Mikey322303743d ago

What charging cable does it use?

Same as the Dualshock 4?

or is it the same as the Pulse elite and Dualshock 3?

NinjaRichParty3743d ago

It uses the same as the Dualshock 4. :)

ZodTheRipper3743d ago

Since my local stores only get them in March I've ordered mine here for about 76€
https://www.videogamesplus....

That's even with shipping cheaper than the normal price (89€). :)

UltimateMaster3742d ago

It is the same as the DS4 and Android Phones.

Vitalogy3742d ago (Edited 3742d ago )

@Zod18 are you from Portugal? I actually use to buy stuff from VGP.ca and I also did some math about those headsets and came to the same price XD

Still not sure if I'll get 'em simply becuase I have the Pulse Elite which I still thing they might offer a better experience mostly because of the bass impact.

LOGICWINS3743d ago (Edited 3743d ago )

I'm assuming it uses the charging cable that came with the PS4.

Its great that Sony made the Pulse Wireless Headsets compatible wirelessly with the PS4 with the recent firmware update, but Sony neglected to mention that the PS4's charging cable will NOT work with the Pulse Elites. Not that big a deal as you can get a PS3 cable for under 10 bucks, but they should have mentioned it.

Either way, I'm upgrading to the Elite Version of the Gold Headsets. I just love the way they snap into place. The Pulse Wireless Headsets Elite Edition have fantastic sound quality but the build quality is trash(Not as bad as Trittons, but still bad).

Mines have been cracked on both sides for months. People on Amazon have complained about the same thing. I called customer service and Sony essentially wiped their hands of it saying "Well...how do we know that YOU didn't break the headsets yourself?"

/facepalm

JoGam3743d ago (Edited 3743d ago )

OH SHAP, You are absolutely correct. I also called Sony and yes they did wipe there hands from it. They said not enough people are complaining about them so they don't have an idea if its just a isolated situation or the headphones need to be redesigned. I told Sony I wanted to buy the Elites but because they crack I wasn't.

Is the Pulse headphones app out yet for PS4?

LeoDDestroyer3743d ago

I have had my pulse elites since sept. and have no issue with them so I will have to disagree with on the pulse elite build quality.

JoGam3743d ago

At LeoDDestroyer, I thought the same thing until I google Pulse Elite Headphones cracking.

LOGICWINS3743d ago (Edited 3743d ago )

Leo, I bought mines in December 2012. You likely have a newer version with improved build quality.

@Jogam- Idk, I was too lazy to use the app on the PS3 so idk about the PS4 lol.

dantesparda3743d ago

Yeah, i have to say that Sony has some of the worst customer service I've ever seen, they really need to change that. But alas the fanboys will probably just disagree me way and sweep this under the rug. I had to deal with them when my original PS3 died 3 yrs later (bought it in 2007 died in 2010) and with the rubber on my DS4 rubbing off to the plastic in just 6 days.

Thehyph3743d ago

All of these headsets fall under a warranty for PlayStation devices. Unfortunately, the warranty for things tagged PlayStation is not as good as the warranty given to consumer headphones from Sony.
Strangely, there's a big difference.

As to the app, I concur, it was mostly a waste of time on the ps3. The headset doesn't need the app for the sound profiles anyway. It was only needed to change them. The profiles will work regardless of what and where the phones are playing.

I do, however, believe that a mobile app could be beneficial to get some relief from the amount of buttons and sliders on the ear cups.
In fact, after writing that, I hope that's what happens.

dantesparda3743d ago

Like i said, there goes the fanboys disagreeing. So you're telling me Sony has good customer service? Just wait til you have to deal with them, you'll see

Christopher3742d ago

LOGICWINS, I posted a quick review of the PulseElite on the forums. I was going to get the Gold, but the Amazon seller sent me the more expensive PulseElite instead.

http://forums.n4g.com/fb.as...

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daggertoes833743d ago

The one used with your ps4 can be used on this however the system has to be on of course to charge. Defeats the purpose of wireless if using while playing. It comes with its own cord as well that I plug into my iPad charger to charge while not playing. Battery last approximate 8 hours on a 3 hour charge. Got mine couple days ago and love.

dantesparda3743d ago

It wont charge them when the system is on standby? Also make sure you have the option turned on to charge while in standby

wastedcells3743d ago

Just picked these up today and I'm super impressed. For $99 it's a great value. I have a ps4 and vita but I'm using them on my pc and they are better then my $350 turtle beach headphones.

ScubbaSteve3743d ago

How's the mic on the PC? I had bought the ps3 wireless headset and the damn thing wouldn't let me adjust my mic volume on pc and nobody could ever hear me. As a result I could only use them on the ps3 and I would have just bought a different headset had I known.

wastedcells3743d ago

Mic is fine. Has adjustable volume on it or thu software from 3rd parties like team speak.

Kleptic3742d ago

^agreed...I use TS and Dolby Axon for voip all the time, and it has built in sliders for all that...

but also, what version of windows are you on?...pretty sure realtek makes a generic driver for any main board, which will give you input/output volume sliders for any USB headset (including the PS3 wireless one, I'm still using that too)...not positive though, my included realtek driver does that...

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ToastyMcNibbles3743d ago

Been calling Gamestop all week for this. Want it badly. Held off playing Outlast so I can try it with the new headset. Anyone know if it'll release Tuesday?

NinjaRichParty3743d ago

It should. All the ones I've called say it will. Although if you plan on paying it in full, Best Buy has them in stock now.

Riderz13373743d ago

Make sure you also buy diapers if you plan on playing Outlast with a headset...

DaGR8JIBRALTAR3743d ago

no lie there..game had me buggin THE HELL OUT with my astro's.

PrinceOfAllSaiyans3742d ago

I gave up on Outlast. Man I've never played anything like that before. I may attempt to go back to it someday.

Eonjay3743d ago

I will be picking these up tomorrow.

N83743d ago

I did the same thing. I got mine today . go to best buy the GameStop girl looked at me like I had two heads when I asked for it

ToastyMcNibbles3743d ago

Thanks guys. I only mention Gamestop because I actually have a $60 gift card. So I figured I would use that and pay the rest otherwise I would have definitely went to Best Buy. Can't wait to crap my pants playing Outlast with this bad boy.

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GUYwhoPLAYSvideoGAME3743d ago (Edited 3743d ago )

so this does, or doesn't rumble like the pulse elites?

d4sholil13743d ago

There is a ton of them at Fry's Electronics; went there on Saturday!

Unknown_Soldier3743d ago

Just saw an ass ton of them at my Best Buy two days ago. Were they early or did I read something wrong?

ZodTheRipper3743d ago (Edited 3743d ago )

I think planned release was on February 10th, at least for NA. Europe gets them much later of course -.-

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What Will The PlayStation 6 Look Like?

While we haven't even begun to tap into the full potential of the PS5, fans are already beginning to talk about what Sony's next console, the PlayStation 6, will look like and what features it will have.

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Jin_Sakai4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

“While we haven't even begun to tap into the full potential of the PS5“

We always here this statement yet we have plenty of games that struggle to run at solid frame rates or decent resolutions.

Skuletor2d ago

The developers should know the limits of these consoles, especially this far into the gen. I'd blame them and possibly the publishers, pushing to make games as visually appealing as possible at the cost of resolution and frame rate, which is nothing new in the industry.

franwex1d 10h ago

I may skip next gen altogether probably. We will see.

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Diablo IV is Available on PlayStation Cloud Gaming - Beats Xbox to the Punch

Diablo IV is now available to play via PlayStation Cloud Gaming! Still not available to Play on Xbox Cloud Gaming.

We ran our script again and found 15 other PS5 games (a lot of popular ones!) that got PS5 Cloud Gaming support within the last month as well.

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Hugodastrevas5d ago

Not for me, I'm 100% physical media all of the time.

jwillj2k45d ago

I hate that I have to keep calling this out, but your physical disks mean nothing if the game code attempts to connect to a server prior to playing.

Hugodastrevas5d ago

And that happens when? I'm playing completely offline here, stellar Blade to be more precise.
I'm sorry but I've never run into that imaginary problem you're talking about, I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but it has never happened to me.

jwillj2k45d ago

You not running into the problem yet has no bearing on my argument. You’re acting like the medium is the shield for you being able to always play your games when it effectively is not. The game code itself can try to connect to a server or the console you’re playing on may receive an update that requires that game to connect to a server. Just because you haven’t ran into it doesn’t mean anything lol you don’t own your games no matter how you try.

Hugodastrevas5d ago

So I have never run into the problem you're talking about and your answer is an hypothetical? Look I can play any game of my library offline right now without issue.
That issue is in your mouth and alone.

Crows905d ago

Actually...there's an easy way...don't connect. If it doesn't require a connection and you don't connect...the code can't update...obviously....confused why you don't get what he's saying.

outsider16245d ago

Hold on..lets say i dnt have an online connection, can i atleast play the game offline though. Was thinking of getting this

jwillj2k44d ago

None of you use your brains.

OK, let’s explore this playing offline. not talking about Diablo specifically just gaming in general.

Are you going to buy two PlayStations? One offline one online? If not, moment you want to play something that requires a connection you’re cooked.

Does game experience you love so much stay the same offline?

Is the game even playable offline?

The whole point of my argument is that we don’t hold the keys anymore. The gatekeepers are the developers and console makers regardless of whether it’s digital or physical. You altering your play style for a lesser experience is not a workaround, it doesn’t solve the overall problem.

None of this matters since the move to the cloud is inevitable.

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spicelicka5d ago

So you have to buy the game and can only stream to the PS5 devices using PS plus premium? What is the point of that. Much more useful when you can stream to other devices.

MrNinosan5d ago

Works great on my Portal while at work 👍

spicelicka5d ago

That's streaming off your PS5, not from the cloud. This is specifically referring to cloud gaming.

CrimsonWing695d ago

Can’t you, uh, do this on your phone?

Tacoboto5d ago

Sony doesn't yet have a web or app-based solution to stream games off their cloud service, the closest you may be able to get would be Remote Play if they allow cloud streaming during a Remote session.

And yes this applies to the Portal too.

Einhander19724d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Tacoboto

Please stop talking about PlayStation Streaming, you don't know what you're talking about.

I just explained this to you the other day where you were telling people that remote play was their only cloud solution, because apparently you didn't understand how PlayStation Premium works even though PS Now was a thing since shortly after the launch PS4..

You can stream to PC and Mac, and they had mobile clients for it in the past but probably for the same reason Microsoft is fighting Apple and Google PS Now wasn't allowed on App stores. Which is why it's not on iPhone and Android still.

And to be honest, I am glad they are trying to keep it on the console, all their moves away from the console seem like a step in the wrong direction, which isn't working so great for Microsoft...

anast5d ago

Blizzard is shoving this game everywhere. Diablo 4 is going to take an even bigger hit soon. Path of exile 2 is coming out and it looks insane.

Crows905d ago

Well they're about to release the next season...I think that might be way they're pushing the game again.

anast4d ago

I mean I get what you are saying, but D4 isn't doing that well either.

UnbreakableAlex5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

I completed it on gamepass. Thanks God I dint pay it full price. It plays like a lazy mobile game. I am not a pro diablo gamer (Diablo 1 was the only one I completed) but D4 has no atmosphere, no creepy feeling and soundtrack like the first one and its so easy, I managed to not buy any weapon and had 4 Million Credits on level 55. I always used the same 4 attacks from the beginning and died maybe 10-15 times. It's so easy, wtf. I remember D1 to be pretty hard.
WTF happened? Is Diablo 3 also that bad?

jwillj2k45d ago

Diablo 3 was my first Diablo game. I had to use the mailbox cheats to keep it interesting.

Crows905d ago (Edited 5d ago )

Diablo 3 was really hard at launch....then they made it easy.

They love scaling difficulty though.

anast4d ago

D2 is the pinnacle. I still fire it up from time to time.

GrmpyolGamer 4d ago

Considering that the PS cloud steaming is garbage compared to XCloud and is limited to certain devices this isn't something to brag about. Wake me up when Diablo is on PS plus

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Sony Patents To Prevent You From In-Game Harassment By Reading Your Emotions

A new patent recently published by Sony wants to gather biometric data of gamers to track whether one is being harassed using AI tools.

Profchaos16d ago (Edited 16d ago )

I hope this is one of those patents that never comes to fruition.

I already dislike the fact you can pay a significant amount for a online service buy associated games and content on said service and get banned from that service over potentially a misunderstanding the bans are already handed out for flimsy reasons

I'd rather see money invested in a ban that simply removes the offensive players ability to communicate with unknown players allow them to continue party chats with friends but not with Joe blow on cod.

exputers16d ago

Agreed. Blizzard recently banned a college Overwatch 2 player who's dependent for saying "shit." Pretty harsh.

Profchaos16d ago (Edited 16d ago )

How rediculas really. You can't say a word that's allowed in most PG films and prime time TV but the game is based around killing the enemy team using guns, explosives etc.

It's just backwards.

just_looken16d ago

What your talking about is called block list

In 2006 a spaceship dropped of the playstation 3/xbox 360 i say that that generation was the last great gen with game functions/tech that has yet to comeback

Anyhow the playstation 3 if you block listed a id they could not talk to you in chatroom with either text or voice. But that was pre mind fucked 2018 when people were more human than sheep.

But hey gta 6 is coming out billion dollar budget without a single player custom character creator and without singeplayer coop off/online something saints row 1-3 had on the xbox 360.

z2g16d ago

Take my social security and bank account numbers too! Here’s a picture of my wife and our address.

phoenixwing16d ago

Cmon where's the pictures of your children. Don't hold out on them.

H916d ago

At this rate I feel Sony will eventually sell a room to play games in it where they can monitor your every breath

jambola16d ago

I genuinely get a bit worried sometimes when a friend says something that could be offensive In a party
Because I have no trouble believing some bans would happen when in a private party for saying something wrong

SegaSaturn66916d ago

I want them to censor erotic content by measuring my groin temperature so i dont get too distracted while playing black ops 2.

Popsicle16d ago

Terrible idea. Not only do I not consent to providing my biometric data, the potential for mishandling biometric data is almost a certainty. Positive stress and negative stress can produce similar changes in biometrics. Interpreting the precise emotion a person is feeling is not only invasive but could be easily misconstrued. I hope this never comes to fruition.

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