>>716304946
Stardew Valley is cheap and available on multiple platforms, modding support adds tons of replayability and motivates people to add their personal touches to the game.
Meanwhile, Harvest Moon (as a brand/IP) went to shit thanks to Natsume, new Story of Seasons games/remakes just aren't that great (so SoS never got popular as a brand/IP), it took them a fucking decade to release a new Rune Factory game (and it sucked), and they only got PC ports years after Stardew Valley became the new king of the "farming life simulator" genre.

nah