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Stardew Valley creator swears 'on the honor of my family name' that he'll never charge money for DLC

www.pcgamer.com Stardew Valley creator swears 'on the honor of my family name' that he'll never charge money for DLC

"Screencap this and shame me if I ever violate this oath," Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone said on Twitter.

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I laud his attitude, but wouldn't begrudge him one or two DLCs.
- I think ConceredApe could follow the Deep Rock Galactic Model.
  
  All content/story additiona are free updates. But to keep the lights on, every few months a cosmetic DLC drops that had no affect on the game what so ever, just lets player put money in the tip jar and get some cool threads and a hat for their troubles.
  
  I mean, he's in a similar situation as Toby fox. He has the freedom to spend as much time as he wants on developing updates without worrying about money, so he doesn't need to charge anything or ask money from players.
  
  Alternatively tgey could use the Rimworld model: release DLCs that heavily change how you play the game, allowing you to tailor the game to your wants and needs that way.
- Would love some expansions, and many people don't consider those dlcs
Evil plot twist: he has no family
- More evil plot twist: his family has never had any honor.
  
  Source: my family has no honor. I love them anyway. But if I swear on their honor that I'm not doing something then I'm 100% about to do it.
I swear on the soul of my father, Stardew Montoya, you will get all DLC for one price.
I'll just buy the game again on a different steam account when I like the content added in yet another major update.

Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone is a shining star of how honesty and genuine care for the community can make you MUCH more successful than just trying to milk your content for every penny it's worth.

Cultivate a following and it will grow. Exploit it and it will shrink. Crazy how nearly everyone in the industry has forgotten this
Let's give him more money anyhow!
Good for him, he has the luxury of selling a bazillion copies! Most (indie) devs still need to keep the lights on 😔
- Most companies charging for dlcs are AAA devs, not indie. I assure you they can afford to keep the lights on.
  
  Wasn’t talking about AAA, plenty of indies sell dlc
- I feel like this is him saying exactly that - he's acknowledging the outrageous success he's had and saying he won't (need to) charge for dlc ever
  
  Probably true, it’s so funny that he has to promise his fans that he won’t charge for any bonus content even though he’s totally earned it 😆
Meanwhile devs at blizzard felt a chill run up their spines
I'd be happy to pay for a large price of DLC, and if that means he needs to hire a couple programmers to make it happen, im fine paying their wage.

paying for cosmetics hats, though...
The Ape family name is at stake.
I don’t even play the game but I want to give him my money for being a good dev.
I wish they'd charge a little. Supporting them feels so good and I've run out of children to buy the game for haha

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