![]() Its sequel, Anno 1503, broke its sales record to become Germany's fastest full-price computer game to reach 500,000 domestic sales. Released in 1998, Anno 1602 by Sunflowers Interactive was Germany's best-selling computer game of all time as of December 2002, with sales of 2.5 million copies worldwide and 1.7 million in the German market. Titles such as The Settlers, Die Völker Anno 1602 have dominated the German sales charts for years". ![]() He noted that "nowhere else in the world are simulations as successful as here at home. Blue Byte and Factor 5 remain in existence in 2006 and produce titles for Windows PCs.īy 2002, German games were heavily tilted toward construction and management simulations, according Der Spiegel 's Frank Patalong. Popular developers of the 16-bit era included Thalion, Factor 5 (who were responsible for developing the entire Turrican series) and Blue Byte. ![]() German production of popular video-games began principally on the 16-bit systems such as the Commodore Amiga and Atari ST in the 1980s, although a number of successful titles were also released on the Commodore 64 which dominated the 8-bit computer market in the country at the time. The annual Gamescom in Cologne is the world's largest video game expo by number of attendees. The video game market in Germany grew by 6 percent to €6.2 billion ($6.7 billion) in 2019. ![]() Consumers in Germany spent €5.87 billion on video games over the course of 2021, a 3 percent year-on-year increase from 2020. Germany has the second-largest video games player base in Europe, with 44.3 million gamers in 2018, after Russia. ![]()
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