Really? That's funny because you constantly hear people saying Tempest is trash or it sounds muffled or isn't good, etc. But you rarely, if ever, hear people saying Atmos isn't good. Most agree that Atmos is very good. You'll hear people argue about what's better on Xbox, DTS or Atmos, but always positive things. Tempest gets a lot of heat. Atmos does not.
And I did not realize that the licensing fee was only for headphones since I'm a pleb using tv speakers (I have the soundbar, just need to set it up along with my new A80J
). That's a good point. Microsoft is paying something for that. Something that Sony is not willing to pay...for some reason.