ArtHands
Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
Stardew Valley - Press
www.stardewvalley.net
From Feb 2024
So from Feb to Dec, the game sold an additional 11m copies (7m on PC, 4m on consoles and mobiles)
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Stardew Valley sold 41m+ copies (26m+ on PC, 7.9m+ on Switch) as of Dec 2024
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www.stardewvalley.net
From Feb 2024
So from Feb to Dec, the game sold an additional 11m copies (7m on PC, 4m on consoles and mobiles)
efyu_lemonardo
May I have a cookie?
Laughing all the way to the bank. How are publishers not chasing indie trends?
Cyberpunkd
Member
If there is a game that be TOO chill, it’s this game. Bought it, played it for an hour, I can see why it’s appealing but it’s not for me.
Complistic
Member
Couldn't happen to a better game.
LordOcidax
Member
They don’t have to, the 30% of 8 million of copies is enough
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geary
Member
This could be a side project for many other publishers and big devs. Take a team if 20-30 ppl and create an AA game focused on innovation in gameplay mechanics. Could be used as prototype for their AAA games.
An example here is Grounded from Obsidian.
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Fabieter
Member
Sqaure enix tried. Big publishers might no try it enough but every month there is like 100 farming sims coming out on steam.
LordOcidax
Member
Almost every big publisher has their own “indie like” division.
Kerotan
Member
It wasn't enough for pal world and there's 33 million copies they got zero from and instead Sony/MS/Google/Apple/Steam etc got 30% of the share.They don’t have to, the 30% of 8 million of copies is enough
demented waffle
Member
Good luck trademarking a genre. They're were suing palworld over a mechanic. Not the genre.
Evil Calvin
Afraid of Boobs
....and why is this news now?
Kerotan
Member
Plenty of mechanics and similarities in stardew to Nintendo game's.
MMaRsu
Member
Because its an amazing achievement a solo developer? And well deserved because the game is amazing.
Not everything has to be negative to be news, I know, shocker
demented waffle
Member
I can think of nothing that isn't generic. Palword had the sphere thing, which could be argued to be specific.
Stitch
Gold Member
Uhh ok, which games?
Marvelous might've been able to sue them, but instead they pumped out more Story of seasons games... and they kinda suck.
Soapbox Killer
Grand Nagus
That makes it one of the 10 best selling games of all time. That is impressive
LordOcidax
Member
demented waffle
Member
8.99 on steam atm, and only 14.99 at regular price. Pretty sure I paid 11.99 many years ago. So ya, it's cheap, but the dude who created is still filthy rich. lol
LordOcidax
Member
Digital sales are included in their financial reports, i think that you’re talking about retailers reports like Circana or UK retailers reports.
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Holammer
Member
A solo developed indie game from 2016 sells 11M copies in a year is not news worthy?
At a time when high budget AAA titles struggle to sell 1M.
But do they give sold numbers? I know they update their games but I don't recall them ever saying the sales of something like Vampire survivors or Terraria
Interfectum
Member
A lot of the biggest indie games are usually passion projects developed over years with multiple community alpha and beta tests. AAA publishers, by their very nature, can't pull that off on a consistent basis.
Holammer
Member
Square Enix tried with Harvestella (2022). They added the usual Final Fantasy style over-designed costumes with frills and multiple belts. It made an audible thud as it failed with piddling reviews and no positive word of mouth.
Developed by a pretty big team too, wonder if they even managed to break even?
Harvestella credits (Windows, 2022) - MobyGames
The official game credits for Harvestella released on Windows in 2022. The credits include 821 people.
www.mobygames.com
Remake the original SNES Harvest Moon and put NatsumeAtari on the job. You only need 2 dozen people and It'll sell 10M easy for 15-18$. It's so fucking obvious, why haven't it been done yet?
... and no fucking DLC. Stardew & Terraria sell more copies with free mega updates.
Big Baller
Al Pachinko, Konami President
Yeah, I bought it for SD with the ongoing winter sale.
LavitzSlambert
Member
Awesome game, it had perfect timing and placement in an underserved genre.
Edgelord79
Gold Member
I’ve said it before but I think this is possibly the game on the decade for several reasons. Really incredible. And made by one guy.
touchfuzzy
Member
Also one of the best selling games of the year 2024, despite releasing 8 years ago and selling well the whole time this might be its best year of sales. Crazy.
Robb
Gold Member
They never will because those aren’t their games and it’s not their information to share.
You’d have to check a different company’s financials to get that data (the developer and/or publisher - if they share it).
ShadyAcshuns
Member
Right or wrong, I judge people quite harshly who shit on Stardew Valley.
Soapbox Killer
Grand Nagus
Somehow I missed this number. 11 million copies sold in the year of our Lord 2024? What in the name of James caused this? I haven't heard quack about Stardew Valley in years. (not that i'm in the know like that)
touchfuzzy
Member
There was a big update this year that added a number of new items and features, not quite an expansion-tier update like 1.5 but enough to drive some new sales. Still, crazy to pull that big of numbers off a fairly pedestrian update.
Gen.Grievous
Member
I remember seeing a news item about concerned ape. Pretty cool he did everything himself. Grinding away for 4-5 years, not sure how it would be received.
Kerotan
Member
I'm right you know!
LordOcidax
Member
Palword is not available on Eshop, i don’t know what are you talking about. I think you missed my point.
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Trilobit
Member
I actually found it too stressful. I hate games where there's time limits and you feel a constant stress. Even the Harvest Moon games paused time when you were inside a building, but Stardew Valley keeps it ticking all the time. No thank you!
