Jason says, "While the primary comparison is obviously the Xbox Wireless, there is an interesting parity between the two of them. The PULSE is another balancing act with a lean towards the budget side of things."
Review contains mic audio samples for comparison with the Xbox Wireless and RIG 800LX headsets.
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Executive Director & Video Game Industry Analyst at Circana (NPD) Mat Piscatella has revealed the PS5 version of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle boosted sales for the game to number one in the US for the week ending April 19.
First and foremost, this must be great for the folks at Machine Games. Well done & congrats!
Xbox making BIG money out of Playstation nation this year!
Oblivion Remaster is already the third biggest release on PS5 this year! Only behind (so far) of Monster Hunter: Wild and Assassins Creed Shadows!
Shadow Dropped!
Zero Marketing!
Instant Success!
Now that Xbox fanboys have accepted that xbox games will be released on PS5 (and Switch 2), Microsoft will be able to release them on Day one from now on. Just had to get people to swallow the pill.
I really gotta say I am a bit curious about E-Day.
With hardly any sales anymore, wether hardware nor software, probably not even subscriptions in a quantity they would want to have:
Is Spencer going to pull the trigger and bring Gears D1 on Playstation?
It’s what a good game from a good franchise deserves.
I still think it would have done better if it came out on PS5 day one.
That's my guess, too.
In hindsight, it's really been a bold decision to not release it on Playstation in a month like December.
But instead back in August already to announce it's going to come to Playstation, then proceed to make it a weird "4 ½ months timed exclusive", and then to release it in a time with so much competition/big games being around.
Isn't this just weird?
I mean why would you do that, purely from a business point of view speaking.
Microsoft is doing more for PS5 these days than Sony? Wow.
what a coincidence. I literally just bought a pulse 3D headset this weekend and the first thing I did was compare it directly with my new wireless xbox headset.
Out of the gate, the Xbox set feels more premium. The Pulse3D set actually feels a little cheap by comparison.
The Pulse3D set is also not very convenient for using buttons while wearing the headset. For starters, theres a lot of them and they all feel similar so you are gonna have to work on memorizing everything and feeling around unless you want to take them off to see what you are doing. For comparison, the Xbox set has a power button and a mute button. The actual outer parts of the speaker cups are dials - pretty brilliant. One side controls overall volume and one side controls mix. This is absolutely one of my favorite things about them.
I do like that the pulse3D headset has no mic boom but the quality isn't as good as a boom. Aesthetically this is a bit better than the Xbox set which does in fact have a boom but it doesn't sound as good. The boom on the Xbox set is very tiny and it can fold up into the ear cup so its not a huge difference but still...
The Pulse3D headset also requires a USB dongs. The Xbox set does not. In fact, a cool thing with the Xbox set is you can actually turn on the console with the power button from the headset. Pretty cool. With one press of my headphone button, the Series X turns on, turning on my TV and setting the input to the xbox.
Sound wise, they are close, but I still think the Xbox set wins here too. They have a really clear sound, with more accurate, clean bass response. I would even argue that they sound slightly better than my SteelSeries Arctis 7x set, which cost $60 more. The Pulse3D set sounds good, but def not as much bass and lacks a slight bit of the same clarity. It's not a huge difference other than the bass response, but it is there.
3D audio wise they are pretty comparable. Personally speaking, I feel unless you have an actual surround sound system, 3D audio on a 2 speaker system (tv or headphones) doesn't quite compare as its all phasing tricks, meant to trick your brain vs literally moving the sound around the room so this feature isn't the most amazing to me on either set.
In my honest opinion, with both headsets literally being the same price, I'd say the xbox set is a better buy. When I got the xbox set, it somewhat pissed me off that they kept pace with my Arctis 7x set while being substantially cheaper. I could not say the same for my Pulse3D set. They are certainly adequate, but I have contemplated returning them and just spending a bit more for the Arctis 7p on the Playstation side. Not hating. Not trolling. My honest thoughts. DM me if you wanna discuss. In fact - I'd even like suggestions of good headsets for the ps5. I'm willing to spend a bit more to get more quality.