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They just wear headsets to advertise the product, companies pay those popular ppl, like for example Pewdiepie does, and then his fans go and buy that Razer trash headset, because of him, and Razer get's money.

Money. Dosh. Benjamins.

Looks kinda funny on pro-players during tournaments, where they wear their advertisement stuff on neck, while wearing proper gaming sets on ears :P

in-ear headphones ftw

To be fair, most of the better quality headsets or headphones are usually the headsets...

I've unsuccessfully tried to google the difference.
Is a headset just headphones with a mic? Or is there something I'm missing?

what's the difference between those?

i assume the headset also includes a mic.

i prefer headsets, specially if they are small and go behind my head.

cause they got the money yo

I use headsets because, as a student, I travel once in a while and it's much more convenient to bring one piece of audio tech with me instead of two. I like my current headset, but I prioritize audio quality over microphone quality to the expense of communications so I've considered getting a dedicated mic.

Another benefit is desk space; a mic usually has to sit near your keyboard/mouse to work, and if you like to have space to work on other things you might want to go for a headset to save space.

I'm not a Youtuber and I have an expensive mic. I still wear headsets and use my headset mic 95% of the time.

I only switch over to my expensive mic if I need the higher audio quality.

I suppose because, and this usually goes for gamer streamers, they use those headsets for playing and/or communicating with their team buddies/friends too. Gamers do tend to prefer headsets over headphones for a matter of utility (both mic and sound output in one place) whereas audiophiles/moviephiles tend to prefer high quality headphones. Of course, this isn't a set norm; everyone has their own preferences.
Not all youtubers/streamers have a lot of money to buy different products (high quality mic, high quality headphones, good headset) for different things. Those who owned headsets and started as just normal gamers or streamers and eventually got popular may not want to waste money on yet another product if their headset already works just fine.
There's also those who are so popular that companies pay them to wear-and-show their product, most notably gaming headset brands, to attract potential customers.

In my particular case (gamer but not a streamer/youtuber), I already own a nice headset which I use to speak with friends and when gaming, and consider it pointless to buy a separate mic-and-headphones set. That, and the headset mic is less likely to pick up on the noise from my house than a separate standard desktop mic. I don't even use my laptop's integrated mic (ew).

The same reason people buy "beats", marketing. Also flash over substance, people love flashy things, the good headphone usually look boring and bland (HD598 exception).

Maybe I'm missing something but headsets are better because they have a mic. 2 for 1?

What if it has a detachable mic?

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It's just their preference, people can be lazy to research of a good mic and good headphones so they go with a headset until they brake.

As for you seeing YouTuber constantly having headsets, that's not the case for me. The majority of my subscription either has headohones or just a mic.

If You don't understand something, it's propably about money xD

Well i can't speak for youtubers because i'm not one but i use a headset because it's simply more convenient. I really don't see the point of having a mic on a stand, it's just one more thing on the desk to get in my way, get knocked over by me or one of my cats. I don't record anything i just need one to talk to friends, the quality i get from a headset is good enough :)

Product placement. You can see sometimes in tournaments that players will have a headset around their neck, but they're actually using earphones + soundproof headphones to block out commentators, such as the first image below. This player, TLO, is on Team Liquid sponsored by Sennheiser and he's wearing their headphones as it's an easy place to display product placement.

Another example is in the second image below, player DRG on team MVP wearing Blizzard headphones. This was back during a GSL tournament where all the players are in soundproof booths, so soundproof headsets weren't necessary and it looked as though every single player in the tournament was sporting their favourite Blizzard headphones, but you can see he's actually listening via earphones underneath them, and the headphones are muted.

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Either its sponsorship,because most gaming sound companies focus more sound design on headsets,or its a backup mic there on the spot

Sponsorship. :)

Any person interested in good audio would be using AKG, Senheiser, Audio Technica, etc, with a good standalone mic.

That is also why professional e-Sports players use shit brands as Razer, Steelseries (about headsets, cause their mice are good), etc

Simply they wear products companies send to them for different reasons that make the job done, nothing more nothing less.

Different people have different needs and opinions...even at work. Don't think its silly, try wearing headphones while using a big microphone that covers all your face and then try to play games while your mouth is licking the microphone... or you can increase the sensibility and let the viewers hear your farts...your gf/wf's screaming...and other among things ambience of the real life.

Give me a nice set of Sennheisers or Audio-Technicas any day. If I'm gaming with some pals, I'll use a headset. If I'm gaming alone it's my headphones.

If a Youtuber is wearing a headset it's a) because he's not a big enough Youtuber to afford better or b) he's getting paid to wear them (aka sponsored). Anyone worth their salt will use a GOOD set of headphones and a high quality standalone mic.

For the last 3 years I've been using some crappy orange on-ear Sony headphones and they're by far the best I've used. My mates have high-end gaming headsets and my silly little sony headphones sound better then all of them.

The best part is they were free :D