Headset sound quality improvements in-bound to Xbox LIVE

The sound quality of Xbox LIVE is set to be improved when the online service gets updated later this year. Xbox Live Studios boss Jerry Johnson has said that LIVE will see some improvements to coincide with the launch of Kinect and has been discussing the sound upgrades.

"The codec we used when we first launched was a low bit rate codec and we stuck with that," Johnson explained. "We launched and we said we required broadband. We required a 64k connection, which not many people think of as broadband any longer. But that was the minimum requirement to run the service at the time. "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."

Kinect launches later this year on November 10 and will come in a series of bundles. Thanks Eurogamer.

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