Originally Posted by rune_74 
He just doesn't have the name recognition outside of germans. Alrik here will fund anything made in germany
The Realms of Arkania series was big in Germany.
The german generation of players 35+ is the generation with big moneybags.
Germany is one of the few countries in Europe with lesser unemployment and smaller financial problems.
Germany still has a big PC-game market.
It would have been clever to target this market.