Posted on Wednesday 17-Aug-2011 11:36 AM

GC 2011: All Vita games will be downloadable

Dedicated Vita apps for Facebook, Foursquare, Skype and Twitter also confirmed

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By Tom Ivan for computerandvideogames.com

Sony said during its GamesCom conference last night that all PS Vita games will be downloadable via the PlayStation Store.

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Vita titles will be available at retail too of course, through a new, proprietary flash-memory storage medium. Additionally, the new handheld will play all PSP games released through Sony's digital marketplace, Gamasutra reports.

The platform holder also announced last night that free, dedicated Vita apps for popular social networks Facebook, Foursquare, Skype and Twitter are in the works.

What it didn't confirm was a Vita release date or software pricing. All eyes now turn to next month's Tokyo Game Show.

[ Source: Gamasutra ]

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    Imaduck on 17 Aug '11 said:

    Ubisoft are going to love this thing, seriously.

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    Welsh Jester on 17 Aug '11 said:

    Ubisoft are going to love this thing, seriously.


    So will homebrew people who want to run emu's etc :lol: if the cpu is speedy enough.

    Dreamcast on psvita oh yeah!

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    spam23 on 17 Aug '11 said:

    any news on the internet browser?

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    humanhand on 17 Aug '11 said:

    I'm going to have to think which direction I want to go in. I love my physical media, and to stare at the spines on my shelf. But it's kind of tempting to save space.

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    farmer_boy on 17 Aug '11 said:

    any news on the internet browser?

    well there is one? its just not chrome/explorer/firefox.

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    dazmeister on 17 Aug '11 said:

    PLEASE can anyone tell me if you will be able to download HD movies from the PS Store for the Vita??? Or are Sony releasing this info at a later date? Because HD films will look incredible on that screen! :D

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    liveswired on 17 Aug '11 said:

    Sony are really in on this social networking movement! They've added so many great features to the already great XMB, new iplayer, itvplayer and 4OD to name a few - you can't complain about service - they really have turned the ps3 into a true media hub. I often hear people complain about XMB and PSN - I personally believe but they're excellent services.

    Nintendo -Sony have shown you the way - it's about time you followed.