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Due to the kinect you don't need a headset anymore. If you like you can plug in your favorite headphones*. Problem solved.

* You wouldn't want to use included headphones or mono-thingies anyway, the sound quality is just way too low.

 Ahtman wrote:

 Minx wrote:
If you like you can plug in your favorite headphones*.

Where was that said? The article only mentions the official Headphones, sold seperately, and that Turtle Bach and Polk will be making headphones for it as well; there is no mention of universal compatibility. Either way it still would mean having to supply your own when the 360 came with it (excluding one very very stripped down set) and the PS4 also comes with a bluetooth headset.

I haven't seen a TV without headphone or analog audio output yet.

 Ahtman wrote:

 Minx wrote:
* You wouldn't want to use included headphones or mono-thingies anyway, the sound quality is just way too low.

It seems odd to have first person knowledge of a headphone that doesn't exist yet.

Good headphones are not cheap and they are a good investment if you don't want to pay even more for an adequate sound-system or don't want to bother anyone else with noise/sound. Included headphones (notice how i never spoke about non-existent headphones but rather (perhaps hyperbolic) about the average included headphone) are seldom better than junk you might find at a dollar store. Otherwise they would have to charge for it and increase the console price by perhaps another $100. Quite a waste of money if the consumer already got headphones/headsets. Just like they assume you got a display somewhere. It's not included either, is it?

 Ahtman wrote:

 Minx wrote:
I haven't seen a TV without headphone or analog audio output yet.

So you aren't talking about the Xbox One, but the TV itself.

No, i am talking about the Xbox One. The most common use case has it connected to a TV. Does the Xbox One come with any kind of analog audio output/connector?

 Ahtman wrote:
You are then in the awkward position of listening on the headphones and talking to the Kinect. As good as we are supposed to believe it is, I doubt talking quietly across the room into the Kinect will work as well as talking quietly into a mic next to your mouth.

Good point. I have always preferred a separate microphone instead of a mic next to my mouth so i am a bit biased in that regard. But if you need to be really quiet and cannot move the kinect next to you, e.g. you make use of its cameras, than you'd need a headset. I agree in that situation. I would still prefer to choose my own headset even if it's more expensive though.