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Sure, if we disregard that PS2 Linux came almost two years later, was only sold via Internet, added an extra 500 euros on top, although it got discounted into
by pjmlp 8mo ago
Sure, if we disregard that PS2 Linux came almost two years later, was only sold via Internet, added an extra 500 euros on top, although it got discounted into 300 euros at the end of PS2 lifetime.
I own one such kit.
- monocasa 8mo agoThat doesn't factor into it, because the tariffs, bans, etc they were trying to circumvent weren't dependent on the software shipping with the device in that case, nor the separate price of the software, nor were they even necessarily primarily targeting Europe. Each of these schemes had different sets of regulatory checkboxes they were trying to tick, and so had very different end products.
- pjmlp 8mo agoSure as you wish, I was a PlayStation fanboy back then, since Yaroze, and surely remember YA BASIC for PS2 and Other OS for PS 3, being the only ones. Yaroze and PS2 Linux never had anything to do with tariffs.
- Keyframe 8mo agoNot sure where you're coming from on that since it was a well-known and somewhat mocked at the time fact when Sony argued with UK customs https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/playstation-2-is-a-games-console-not-a-pc#:~:text=Sony%20has%20lost%20an%20appeal,the%20hook%20on%20import%20duty. https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/playstation-2-is-...