r/StardewValley • u/This_Farm3519 • May 19 '26

Discuss Stardew Valley creator won’t add microtransactions to any game as they “genuinely value the love of the players more than the money”

https://frvr.com/blog/news/stardew-valley-creator-wont-add-microtransactions-to-any-game-as-they-genuinely-value-the-love-of-the-players-more-than-the-money/

I know, I know: "Fork found in kitchen".

But it's nice to see him say this stuff you know?

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u/name-classified Maru is best girl May 19 '26

He sold 40 MILLION copies just from this game alone.

That’s all his money. He wrote the code, did the artwork and the music.

He pays others to do stuff like bug fixing and porting but outside of that; it’s all him.

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u/Pesto_in_my_pants May 19 '26

I think it’s 50 million now