I am an adult gamer and I've owned 4 (FOUR!) of these headsets including the "new and improved" version and have given up. The wire connecting to the controller is so incredibly thin that it breaks even if you take great care of it. My last one lasted exactly 32 days, 2 days after Best Buy will take returns.It all boils down to Microsofts profits. The thin wire that connects the headset to the controller actually has 4 wires inside of it, giving it almost no hope of any long term survivalPlus, you can't even turn voices up loud enough to hear your friends well anyway.Look into headsets made by someone other than Microsoft!