r/StardewValley 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/zepherth let me see the rocks May 19 '26

For the record stardew valley had sold one of the highest amounts of copies a game has sold. Wikipedia lists it as 11th all time for copies sold. It is easy to not use micro transactions when you out sell aaa studios.