Foursquare and Skype will be in Playstation Vita

During a press conference at the Gamescom gaming conference in Cologne, Sony announced several new features for its new Vita handheld console. Among them were support for Skype and Foursquare. The mention was made during the discussion of the capabilities of the 300-dollar 3G version of the console, although it is not clear whether it will be necessary to use a 3G connection for their use.

More powerful than most smartphones, with a large bright touchscreen and two cameras, Vita should handle these services perfectly well. No demonstrations or screenshots have been shown yet, so the interface is still a mystery.

It is also unclear whether the integration with other social services. Sony has a voice chat and a list of friends, and to some extent Twitter is already integrated, but new services can also penetrate games. Achieving the title of Mayor in-game location can be a new source of places for fans to put marks.
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In addition to these announcements, it was also confirmed that all games for the console will be downloadable. In a sense, this is encouraging, but then, apparently, the users' free space will quickly run out. The ability to download games is only in the plans so far, and only the next generation of the console will receive it.

Vita will appear on the US market in early 2012, but if you are a rich person, you can try to order a copy from Japan as early as December of the current year.