Xbox Series X just got a new secret weapon to beat PS5

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The Xbox Series Ten could receive a fancy new audio accessory from renowned headphone and speaker maker Blindside & Olufsen. It's a major partnership that's designed to steal some thunder from the PS5's advanced 3D audio.

Nosotros learned about the new arrangement from an declaration published on Bang & Olufsen'southward Twitter account (via TechRadar). The attached press release explains how information technology and Xbox are working on a "loftier-end audio proposition for gaming". The products will be officially "Designed for Xbox", pregnant they'll work hands with the new console'southward features.

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In its statement, Xbox'south head of hardware partnerships Matt Kesselring is quoted equally saying" "nosotros're excited to partner with Bang & Olufsen to bring a new premium tier of gaming audio to market for Xbox and Blindside & Olufsen fans around the world that travels with you everywhere you love to play Xbox".

We are excited to announce that nosotros have joined forces with @Xbox to create a new sound proposition catered for the high-end segment within #gaming, leveraging our core capabilities of sound, design and craft. More to come on what that means shortly. #Xbox #BangOlufsenJune nine, 2020

B&O's vice president and head of production direction Christoffer Poulsen also comments that "we run into a big commercial potential within gaming, and in Xbox we believe we have found the ideal partner to realize that potential".

Unfortunately, this is all the two companies are saying for at present. We don't fifty-fifty know what kind of product B&O will exist releasing, but the smart money would exist on a gaming headset.

This partnership is an interesting development since B&O has non made any previous moves to attract customers from the world of gaming. All the same, as gamers grow up and more than people showtime playing in full general, at that place will be a larger number of people willing to pay what will likely be a premium price for whatsoever B&O has planned for the Xbox.

We've likewise heard that Bose is working on a gaming headset besides, based on its excellent QuietComfort 35 2 noise-cancelling headphones. Maybe this will be the start of a trend of established audio companies looking to attract console gamers who accept coin to burn on the best peripherals they tin get their hands on.

Nosotros'd expect this B&O/Xbox collaboration to bear fruit around the same fourth dimension that the Xbox Series 10 and PS5 are due to launch: this November. While the PS5 may have a lead in the sound department due to its 3D Audio, Xbox could border information technology out in graphics thanks to its college compute output.

Richard is a Tom's Guide staff writer based in London, covering news, reviews and how-tos for phones, gaming, sound and whatever else people need advice on. Following on from his MA in Magazine Journalism at the Academy of Sheffield, he'due south likewise written for WIRED U.K., The Annals and Artistic Bloq. When not at work, he's likely thinking most how to brew the perfect cup of specialty coffee.