PlayStation Vita Will Launch With Nico Nico App

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Nico Nico Douga is like the YouTube of Japan with more annotations. Sony Computer Entertainment Japan partnered with Dwango to create a Nico Nico app for PlayStation Vita. This free download will be available on December 17, the day Sony’s new handheld launches in the region.

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Nico Nico for PlayStation Vita functions just like the PC video sharing site. Users can browse videos and write comments in different colors.

 

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The Nico Nico application will get a major update in 2012. A new version will let users record live videos and stream gameplay footage while they’re playing. This feature will be available for select games. While SCEA have not announced a Nico Nico application for North America, the site says these features will be part of a worldwide update. A hint, perhaps, that we’ll see the Nico Nico application overseas.


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