Sony made gaming cool.

[Mnementh]

MikeRox said:

Mnementh said:

 Don't forget, back then it wasn't the european union, the countries had different currencies, different taxes, different customs duties. Sony already had established contacts into europe with their other products.

Actually the European Union in it's current form was established in 1993. It actually dates back to the 50s as the European Economic Community.

I think you're confusing the EU with the Euro, which is a currency some countries within the EU have adopted. Taxes are still different in countries that don't have the Euro. Though it is more straight forward than it used to be.

I'm aware of that (I only thought Playstation was earlier). But the different currencies are a problem for international companies. And since then we are free of customs duty in the european union? Also norms, since then we have more unified norms, like CE.