Shouldāve gotten an Xbox
Itās weird because thereās a 3.5mm port on the controller you can use. Which I usually end up using, or Bluetooth through my TV. But itās really silly that they donāt just say āBluetooth audio sucks, use at your own riskā and let you have it.
Bluetooth does, legitimately, suck, for gaming though.
The only official two-way audio profile (that is, mic and speaker working simultaneously) mandates a low bitrate mono audio.
Stereo audio itself has a slight latency which may be fine for music or even movies (especially with lip sync adjustments), but for gaming it can be a problem when your audio is a big part of your situational awareness.
I donāt mind not supporting Bluetooth for games, at least for multiplayer. 3.5mm to controller and a proprietary protocol for the audio is the perfect compromise. For single player or media, though, Iād agree itās dumb.
IMO even if it does suck for latency, not everyone is playing competitively and needs perfect latency and bluetooth should be supported for everything. Rhythm games on pc and mobile even have adjustment settings for terrible latency.
This is my issue with it. I have a good wired headset I plug in when I am playing online multiplayer or anything that needs good sound. I have a Bluetooth headset I use when I donāt want the hassle of wires or am listening to music and might stand up and walk around or something.
Let me have the choice and donāt treat me like an idiot for not caring about laggy audio when Iām just playing Football Manager and listening to Spotify.
This is why I hate consoles. The only āconsolesā I would use are PC-based, such as Steam Deck or self-built desktop PC with SteamOS.
This way I am not locked, games are cheaper and I can move/sync game save.
In fairness, I was using my Bluetooth headphones on my deck the other day and had to switch to external audio because the latency, slight as it was, was utterly messing with my ability to play Black Mesa.
I agree.
If thereās something console exclusive that I want, I just emulate it. I donāt have the best computer, so itās still a better experience on a real console (if itās a new game, obviously), but itās good for trying to see if Iāll like the game or not.
Console-only players love to tell that their console is much cheaper than PC, but what they donāt tell:
- Limited amount of games.
- No emulators.
- Canāt use as PC (e.g. elderly parents, for web browsing, with M&K)
- You canāt turn your console into home server/media player.
- Canāt have mods (both game and OS).
Xbox users, when SSD fails, they canāt replace it. They have to bring it to authorized repair service for SSD change for ~$200-$300.
Playstation, if you jailbreak it AND play online - Sony will permaban your account (I have personal experience from this). Which means - I will never ever buy Sony console again.
So what I am trying to tell that consoles (xbox/ps) are basically a scam.
Sony has totally bad vertical integration. It would be so powerful for them because they produce so much stuff.
To overcome this, I got a cheap low latency USB Bluetooth adapter. BT latency is still too much.
