Heres an MUST READ article about the PS Vita social features, LiveArea, Near and Party by Eurogamer.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-07-25-sony-details-ps-vitas-online-modes
Near is like the Nintendo 3DS' SpotPass. It's "a location-based gifting system", according to Sony Europe manager of R&D, Phil Rogers. "What Near does is it allows users to discover each other, leave gifts for each other and essentially find out more about games."
LiveArea and Activity: "The LiveArea is essentially where you go to launch your PlayStation Vita day," Rogers beamed. "Activity is a way for players to discuss progress," explained Rogers. "The system automatically puts a few activities in there," he added, such as Trophies and ratings. "That encourages people to then comment similar to Facebook style."
Party is "really good for having friends together to discuss games, chat about them and get into them", Rogers declared. As on Xbox Live, Party is "platform-wide" and allows you and three friends to form a party that sticks together regardless of what you do on Vita. "You can chat across games through text and voice," explained Rogers. "Cross-game voice chat," he reiterated, "it's there and it's on Vita."
CROSS GAME CHAT ON PS VITA CONFIRMED!
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