After last week's news that Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone is currently working on a new game, we can't be the only ones who ran to Google to figure out just how many copies of Stardew Valley he's sold in total. On Wikipedia, as of yesterday, the answer was ten million — but according to the presskit, the true figure is over fifteen million.
Granted, that whopping chunk of money won't entirely end up in Barone's pockets — he'll be splitting it with Chucklefish, the publisher, as well as the platforms that the game is sold on (such as Steam and the Nintendo eShop) and a fraction of it will be taken as taxes, of course — but still, that's quite the sum to fund the next game.
Despite 15 million being an incredible achievement for a solo-developed game, Stardew Valley hasn't yet made it onto the list of "best-selling games of all time", where the cut-off is twenty million copies sold. Still, the number of indie games on that list can be counted on a single hand, and it's an incredible and well-deserved achievement for Eric Barone nonetheless.
Let's buy another five million copies to help the poor guy out, eh?
[source reddit.com]
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I really don’t understand what makes this game really good
I think you meant “parsnips”!
Anyhow, that’s great, the sales are entirely deserved. I’ve bought the game at least 4 times myself… On different formats.
Those are some insane numbers but it's well deserved success. When I look at the playtime against this game on my Switch I'm consistently surprised at how much I've gotten out of that £10 price or whatever it was when I bought it years ago. Crazy value and a top indie!
Wow. I recently purchased the game, have yet to even play it but 15 Milly is no joke. Rather an amazing feat. I have no idea when I’ll get around to it, still playing with ACNH, the games seem like they carry a similar pace? Still congrats to this franchise , major milestone they’ve attained.
I got this game, but I really don't like the idea of stamina in a game like this. It makes sense sure but I very much prefer the freedom of Animal Crossing where you don't have to worry about that.
Still a great game though if you're fine with that, I can recognize that, but it's not for me.
Deserves it, a friend of mine ot it and can't stop playing it. Really should play it soon.
@moodycat I was kinda like that when the game had its first boom on youtube and every popular youtuber was playing it. I refused to even look at it.
Then I eventually played it myself, and absolutely loved it, it's everything I liked about classic Harvest Moon and more, but new. So yeah, maybe for other people that didn't like the genre already it will be confusing, but for me it checked all the right boxes.
And I am happy that I contributed to those 15 mil The guy deserves it!
I love this game. I have it on Switch, on my phone and on Vita / PS4. That short day loop is so compelling. I'll just play one more day, so I can get the Cauliflower in. No, it's 1AM - in real life - get to bed!
I would never have guessed that Human Fall Flat is a 30 million seller. I wonder how many of them are Switch sales? It seems to be really popular in Japan as it's always in the Eshop top 10 when I look.
It's now the 19th best selling gaming of all time, tied, with Skyrim, Modern Warfare, The Witcher 3 and Diablo III. And just behind New Super Mario Bros Wii and NSMB DS by a few hundred thousand.
@moodycat If there's a better game in the genre, I've never experienced it. I know what you mean about being skeptical over a game that gets praised like this, but this is a rare example of a great game that actually does live up to the hype.
Does my “buy” count even though I played about 2 hours worth and can’t get into it? Sure I bought it but I have a hard time getting it to click with me.
Well deserved. I have it in 4 different platforms and it's my go to game when I want to relax and feel good.
I feel like the Harvest Moon games are the ones that deserved this level of success in the first place since they created these gameplay ideas really
@LXP8 neither Natsume nor Marvelous seems interested in making new games like this though. It’s a bit sad.
@moodycat
I feel ya!..heard so much hype about this game for years now so when it went on sale (which is apparently rare as it sells so well) I decided to finally purchase the game. Again I’ve yet to play it but I have this profound sense that I may be disappointed once I finally get around to it. The hype just seems unsustainable but apparently it IS that good!
Wonder what other gaming gems I’ve been staring at but choosing to ignore…
I actually decided to dive back in to make a new farm on the beach this time. It's been over a year since last I played.
I was never a fan of games like this, specifically Harvest Moon. Never quite "clicked" with me. And then this one is just clicking in all the right ways; I think there's a certain charm it nails in a way few of these farming sims ever do for me.
My biggest issue with the game, and it's entirely not the fault of the game, is that once I learn how to maximize that sweet, sweet profit... well, I forget how to "relax" and want to maximize that sweet, sweet profit.
@moodycat well that’s the thing with letting others shape your opinion. It will get distorted and jaded. whenever I hear praise about a game I never go into saying “This better be good” I think to myself “we’ll see about that”
Such a small alteration but makes a big difference in mindset when going against or with the hype.
Very well deserved, this game is amazing! I have played for 50 hours and it feels like I am just getting started...
That’s a lot of sales. I’m curious what this means for Eric Barone in terms of actual dollars he’s made from the game when all is said and done. Any guesses?
So is this guy so rich we need to hate him now?
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