When Nokia launched the N-Gage, gamers revolted at the idea that you’d hold a taco-shaped thing up to your head to talk. Will we all look any more dignified shouting into a PS Vita? We’ll all get the chance to find out, as the official Skype app is now available in Australia.
Available now at GameStop locations across the US, Nyko’s Speaker Stand for the PS Vita adds a little more oomph to the Sony portable’s sound and transforms it into a handy mobile Skype solution.
I remember the day I heard that the PSP would be able to use Skype. “This is the future,” I thought “My portable games console will become my phone.” Little did I realise that it was the other way around. I never used Skype on my PSP not once, so is the announcement that the PS Vita will today gain the ability to utilise Skype video and voice calling an important one? Or is it just another application most of us will never use?
Along with a series of Sony-built applications for keeping players playing together, the PlayStation Vita will come fully equipped to keep them connected to their favourite social networks. Wow, it’s like a mobile phone that plays games!
Rumoured by Reuters last night, Microsoft this morning confirmed that they are buying internet voice talk and video service Skype for $US8.5 billion. They also confirmed that the service will “support” devices like the Xbox, Kinect and Windows Phone and that it will be connected to Xbox Live and other Microsoft communities. They will also continue to “support” non-Microsoft platforms, they assured. [Microsoft]
Reuters reports that Microsoft is in talks to buy internet voice communications company Skype for around $US8.5 billion. What does that mean to you? Well, you’d presumably kiss Skype on the PSP goodbye. You could also, in a perfect world, expect Skype to hit the 360 via Kinect. [Reuters]
Valve announced a Steam client update today that replaces the service’s standard voice chat with SILK, the voice codec developed and used by Skype, ensuring Portal 2 co-op players crystal clear voice chat with which to curse at each other.
Skype is a wonder. It’s allows users to connect via the internet phone for free. The mass majority of people in Japan use the computer for Skype, sure. Let’s see what numero two choice is.
The PSP has voice-over-IP software Skype, and hey, Skype is technically possible for the DSi. That doesn’t mean because it’s possible that the DSi is getting Skype.
