[the_duke]

True, and you left out a whole host of other issues.

While EU regulations harmonize a lot, it's still much, much messier than in the US.

* different tax regimes

* often quite different regulations

* contract requirements

* income levels which can affect pricing decisions / require regional pricing

* localized ad campaigns per country

* getting media attention in each country is hard

* ...

[angry_octet]

All of the exist in the States? I'm not saying th EU is easy, but state legislatures have made it increasingly hard.