After setting a new sales record in December 2024, the life simulation Stardew Valley received a new patch that will relieve more than one player. Here's what fixes it.
As he waits for the release of Haunted Chocolatier, the next game from Eric Barone (ConcernedApe), the Stardew Valley creator is still in seventh heaven. As of December 2024, the farming simulation has sold more than 41 million copies across all platforms. With 7.9 million copies sold since its launch on the console on October 5, 2017, it is a hit absolutely everywhere and especially on Nintendo Switch. A new update has been added to these very good sales figures and you can find out what's changing here.
The new Stardew Valley January 2025 update
The Nintendo Switch is largely responsible for the success of Stardew Valley, even though Eric Barone's indie game achieved the most sales on the PC. Unfortunately, Switch players have been facing issues since version 1.6 was released. Due to this update, users are experiencing crashes when divorcing their gaming partner and are experiencing issues with the Raccoon's Wife shop. But a few days ago, ConcernedApe sparked new hope by pointing out that a patch was still in development.
Well, there's good news, even great news, as the highly anticipated update is finally coming to the aid of Stardew Valley players on Nintendo Switch. « The patch for Switch has been released. It fixes the Raccoon Wife's Shop bug, divorce-related crashes, random rain generation, and a few other things. Due to the random rain generation fix, there may occasionally be “retroactive” changes such as: B. Raccoon requests or item spawns. » in detail the sole developer of the phenomenon game.
In conversation following this post, ConcernedApe reveals that another Stardew Valley bug has appeared with this update. « Did this patch cause an issue with giving gifts to villagers? It seems… We're investigating. This will also be fixed ». Apparently, the creator will also have to deal with a freeze that some are experiencing when opening Stardew Valley inventory on Nintendo Switch.
Source: ConcernedApe.
