 He noted that "nowhere else in the world are simulations as successful as here at home.Titles such as "The Settlers", "Die Völker" or "Anno 1602" have dominated the German sales charts for years".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.