Shovel Knight has sold 1.2 million copies, 1 million sold digitally (Details inside)

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Barozi said:

Chazore said:

I don't get why it's bad that an indie like this has sold 1.2 million across multiple platforms, hell just alone recently ahs Stardew valley hit 1 million copies so far alone on PC from just a month and two weeks of being sold, once it eventually hits consoles he'll see more copies sold as a result. There are still plenty of indie games out there that just aren't popular enough to sell millions, that's just how the market works.

Which is exactly my point.
How much hype was there for Stardew Valley before release? Not much.
Got 1m sales in a matter of a few weeks, on only one platform.

Question is, why isn't Shovel Knight anywhere close to 1m sales on PC. Isn't that strange? A game that is in pretty much everyone's top 10 indie games list and even received Game of the Year awards.

While the official release of Stardew Valley was two months ago, it has been available to purchase on Steam since 2013 because it was a Greenlight title. That said, I don't know how much it sold during that time.