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There’s plenty to be excited about in the lead-up to next-gen launches – which are now just four/five weeks away depending on which land of glory you’re heading towards.


The PlayStation 4 has had a rosy lead-up so far with barely even a niggle, but the delays ofDriveclub and Watch Dogs from launch were blows that it (and the Xbox One for the latter) could have done without. Plenty has been speculated and dismissed, such a HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection) on its games which would’ve prevented from being recorded, but one thing that was true is that the PlayStation 4 will not support current-gen bluetooth headsets for chat, and will require a post-launch patch for USB-based headsets to be compatible. Even Sony’s own PULSE headset will require a patch to be used at all – not just for chat.


One Hit Pixel has learned, via a PlayStation representative, that this patch is aiming to be out by the end of the year, but don’t be surprised if it slips into early 2014. It’s frustrating that we could potentially have to wait several months in order to be able to use bluetooth headsets with a brand new bit of tech, but at least the console will come bundled with the controller-connected mono headset.


It’s not just the PS4 that will have such restrictions though, as the Xbox One’s adapter to use third-party headsets has been delayed into 2014.


Such feature delays are frustrating but thankfully minor in the grand scheme of things. So, if you plan on using cross-game chat for the first time on a home PlayStation console then you’ll either have to use the provided wired headset, or wait until early next year.

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I for one am pissed, I don't understand why they would wait till the last minute to handle this headset issue. I personally think they were originally going to go down the same road XBOX did and make it required to use a proprietary hookup. How do you guys feel about the issue, granted you can use the earbuds but I didn't spend several hundred dollars on a headset and it not even work on the console.

I think it is as you stated.. I'm not going to say it's about money tho... I find it to be kind of annoying but, w.e.

that is a lil backwards for a company to do something like that. sometimes you should start with basic things before adding all these new features such as streaming gameplay live from ps4 but cant use a simple usb or bluetooth headset

I really think they were trying to pull a MS move and try to capitalize from a proprietary hook up.

No, usb headsets will have a day one patch. It's just bluetooth headsets.

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No, I'm pretty sure that's just for the capability of using the Party Chat function itself, there would have been a much bigger deal made if it meant the correction for aftermarket headsets.

I hope not..That would suck

let me get this right, my astros ill need to plug in to hear game sound etc, but to talk ill need to plug the given headset with the playstation into my controller to talk to friends ?

hum its hard for us, a lot of gamers have expensive headsets