Stardew Valley creator Eric ‘ConcernedApe’ Barone has been so “committed to finalising Stardew 1.6 first”, he hasn’t actually touched Haunted Chocolatier “in a long time”.
Barone shared a post on social media platform X earlier today addressing the highly-anticipated console and mobile ports of the Stardew Valley 1.6 update. The developer assured his followers that these ports are still in the works, but things are taking a while.
“They have been our primary focus since 1.6 came out for PC,” Barone wrote. “It would be a huge relief to me if they were ready today, but they aren’t, so all we can do is continue working on them until they are ready.”
Barone thanked those who were remaining patient, adding he understood those who were “frustrated or even angry” about the wait. In a subsequent post replying to another user asking why he chose to release the PC version ahead of other versions, Barone said on PC “if there are bugs (which there always will be), they can be fixed really quickly and patches put out, often within hours of discovering the bug”.