I wanted one so bad back in the day.

OT: An embarassment. That's all I can say.

Exactly. A much better solution for a system designed around local multiplayer online as opposed to needing a headset/mic for every player in the room.

You're a faker then, a true fanboy would always defend Nintendo no matter how nonsensical it makes them look!

I'm trying to not laugh.

Oh dear.

(Okay. Damage control. You can do this, Lewis...)

On the plus side, dealing with all of those cables, you gain valuable experience learning how to rewire a house.

(Heh, heh. Nailed it.)

This is their solution so you can hear the game at the same time as voice/chat. This way the game sound doesn't get out of sync with the mobile app/chat.

This is also a very real reason separating the voice chat functionality from the console was such a bad decision. Should've made the right decision and had voice chat supported within the console.

This is far more complicated that it should be.

Maybe there will be a better version that uses bluetooth to connect the phone to the console to sync the sound. That at least would work docked and undocked as well.

This is a fantastic solution, I really don't see the problem. Nintendo are really ahead of their time when it comes to online features, I'm sure Sony and MS will copy this very soon, like they copy everything else they do.

What the hell is this? It looks like how you would have to do voice chat on a Game Boy. Nintendo really dropped the ball. Doubt many people will be using this feature.

Sony and MS are happy to rip people off with overpriced, unnecessary headsets so I don't think they'll copy this time. Nintendo's headset free solution is better for the non-'serious' gamer who doesn't want to buy multiple headsets just to chat online.

Doesn't MS force you to buy a second subscription and headset just so player 2 can also have voice chat?

I haven't tried the two player voice chat thing but, on Xbox One, every player on the console gets access to the primary player's Gold features. At least from my experience. 

Heck, as the owner of three (yes, three) Xbox One consoles, I'm the only one with Gold and I've played online with my daughter. She logs in under her profile on my primary console and uses all of the features and plays all of my games. I log in as myself on a second XBO and have access to all of my features and games.