As Stardew Valley fans reel from the farming sim juggernaut's Infinity Nikki crossover, Eric Barone says "I never receive any money from these collabs" and "I've only done them because I was a fan of the other games"

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Stardew Valley character known as Elliott, a man with long auburn hair and a red coat
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Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone has seemingly commented on the recently announced collaboration between Stardew Valley and cozy gacha game Infinity Nikki, saying he doesn't earn a dime from crossovers.

Yes, in case you're hearing this for the first time, Infinity Nikki is getting content themed around an official Stardew Valley crossover on September 1. Although we don't yet know the specifics, Infinity Nikki confirmed the collab via its own official channels, saying only, "Cozy surprises await you, and adventure is in the air. Prepare your senses for a harvest of wonders."

Stardew Valley crossovers are few and far between, with the only other examples being Terraria and Balatro, so Infinity Nikki will soon share that exceedingly rare honor as one of the very few games Barone deems worthy of collabing with.

If it's true that Barone doesn't charge anything for collabs like these, and there's no reason to believe it isn't true, that's genuinely commendable. An IP as beloved as Stardew Valley would command quite the pretty penny for official branding in other products, but alas, Barone replied to a fan saying he deserves the money and said, "Thank you but it's oaky [sic], I've made enough from sales of the game."

As of December 2024, the developer had managed to shift 41 million copies of Stardew Valley across all platforms, and without a publisher taking its share, I'll let you do the math and figure out roughly how much dough he's raked in.

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Jordan Gerblick
Jordan Gerblick
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After earning an English degree from ASU, I worked as a corporate copy editor while freelancing for places like SFX Magazine, Screen Rant, Game Revolution, and MMORPG on the side. I got my big break here in 2019 with a freelance news gig, and I was hired on as GamesRadar's west coast Staff Writer in 2021. That means I'm responsible for managing the site's western regional executive branch, AKA my home office, and writing about whatever horror game I'm too afraid to finish.

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