There’s often an assumption that gaming headset mics aren’t going to be of the utmost quality. So when it comes to finding the best Black Friday gaming head deals you may instinctively want to overlook that aspect altogether. That assumption isn’t totally unwarranted, especially if you’re an old-age gaming pensioner like myself, who experienced the era of compressed mushy mic audio and lived to tell the tale. I’m sure many of us could recite horror stories in vivid detail of going online in Call of Duty Black Ops in 2010 and hearing nothing but a choir of over-peaking mics. Mics that are highly likely to be coming from kids who definitely shouldn’t be up at all hours playing Call of Duty.
Those days aren’t entirely behind us. Hearing screaming children while playing Fortnite is often why I now choose to play online games with my closest friends and them alone. However, the days of expecting bad-quality gaming mics are slowly becoming a thing of the past. The integrated microphones of some of the best gaming headsets, bring a crystal clear clarity that only professional condenser mics can best. And in an age where you can now voice call your friends directly from your PS5, ensuring you pick up a mic with a high-quality mic has never been more important.
Discord has been available on consoles for a while now. However, it wasn't until June this year that starting voice calls with your friend list was available on the PS5 without the use of the smart-phone app. This update also rolled out the ability to drop into voice chats on your favorite servers, all straight from your Sony console. With this feature on its way for Xbox X/S users too, ensuring your headset mic can provide the warmth, tone, and clarity to your voice, as if you were with your friends in person, makes sense. I mean, who wants to talk at length about games, or the upcoming Switch 2 all the while trying to decipher your hopes and dreams for the upcoming console through fuzzy, incomprehensible audio? Not your best friends, that's for sure.
