Is Party Chat that important?

[brendude13]

JayWood2010 said:

brendude13 said:
It's great if you have friends to use it with. When I first got my 360 and was playing Tales of Vesperia, I would be talking with my friends all the time, it was great. After I stopped playing my 360 lots though, I never really used it again, the thought of using it never crossed me mind.

I've only used it once on Vita though because I don't have many people to talk to. It sucks.

Question.  How is the Vita cross-game chat?  I dont have a vita yet :/  But do you use a headset for it or is the mic on the vita it's self?

The mic is on the Vita itself, but the Vita headphones I bought also have a mic on them, so it's a little bit confusing. When I used it I had nothing plugged in, just talked to my Vita and my friends voice came out the speakers along with the game audio. Quality was decent.