soulbait
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I am sure it has already been covered on here, but here is the deal:
Dolby Atmos for your home theater system through the Xbox Series X is no charge. MS has already paid for the license fee to include that on the console.
Dolby Atmos for Headphones is a different software that you must pay a license for to use. You also have to pay for the license to use it on PC, but you can share the license between PC and Xbox.
OP is making a big fuss over nothing really. There are other headphone spatial audio setups you can choose: Windows Sonic (free), DTS Headphone:X ($20). They give you the choice in what you want to use. There is a free option, which would be similar to the spatial/3D audio (as in free, not comparing quality). If you want to use other industry standard processing, you have to pay a little extra. At least MS gives you a choice in what to use.
Dolby Atmos for your home theater system through the Xbox Series X is no charge. MS has already paid for the license fee to include that on the console.
Dolby Atmos for Headphones is a different software that you must pay a license for to use. You also have to pay for the license to use it on PC, but you can share the license between PC and Xbox.
OP is making a big fuss over nothing really. There are other headphone spatial audio setups you can choose: Windows Sonic (free), DTS Headphone:X ($20). They give you the choice in what you want to use. There is a free option, which would be similar to the spatial/3D audio (as in free, not comparing quality). If you want to use other industry standard processing, you have to pay a little extra. At least MS gives you a choice in what to use.