Since it's USB, a third party headset should be out in no time. If I cared enough about voice chat in games, I'd wait for the third party mic. I'm guessing that grey box thing attached to the wire is where the supposed noise filtering thingies happen.
# of games above 75 on Metacritic (including downloadable):
360: 241 DS: 144
PS3: 152 PSP: 126
Wii: 85







