Sadly yes, but I bet few of their original customers are in that number (the first HIB was DRM-free only until Steam keys were added ~6 months after it finished).

http://www.gog.com/forum/general/thq_bundle_everywhere/post54
" Pay more than $5 and you will receive a copy of Dishonored " . :p

Indeed, the vast majority of consumers don't give a shit about DRM. This has been proven time and time again. Shit, I bet the vast majority prefer Steam over DRM free executables.

This doesn't mean we shouldn't have principled sites like GOG and (previously) thehumblebundle who insist on DRM free versions anyway. It's a bummer to see one of them change their tune.

QFT

I suggest you request your money back. That would show them DRM-free is important for some of us.

The moment they started offering optional steam keys exclusive steam keys were only a hop away. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand, they've hopped.

My appreciation for GOG just doubled in the past hour or so.

Especially since the Humble Bundle was te only other site dedicated to offering DRM-free games. Even Desura has some DRM'd games, and DotEmu.com is almost non-existent.

Yes, not every game was available DRM free prior to publishing after HB had got itself a bit of muscle, but they were in the minority. It also a different thing to ask a single publisher to give you a bunch of DRM free versions than to ask the one or two in an otherwise DRM free pack to do so.

I don't really have much of a beef with HB for being practical when trying to bring a major publisher on board. Truth be told, they couldn't demand DRM free from anyone who wasn't already on board with the idea or who didn't genuinely need them. THQ just doesn't.

I know many people would rather have not had the pack at all. But plenty think it is still worth doing, and I think a major publisher being prepared to experiment with unconventional sales methods is very much a positive step.

Can anyone gift me an gift url? ( I don't want the Above the Average)
It seems my card is not getting accepted...
Thank you in advance.

bought, now to try and get steam to work, its not running up

I agree with most GOGers. If they are so desperate to appear ond Humble Bundle, but yet they are still not desperate enough to make their games DRM-Free....

THEY ARE WORSE THAN EA!!!! :P

Really, I wish they died, so THQ games would appear on GOG published by whoever buys them.

Anyway, I bought only the basic bundle, because I won't get a PC capable of running smoothly SR3 in a long time.

Wait, what? Steam required?

Man... Sorry, THQ. Ya almost had me.

Back when they added Steam keys for the HIB1, I asked them with exactly that kind of concern. Jeff (Rosen I presume) personally said "Don't worry, that is the polar opposite of what the humble bundle is about!".

I believed him. =(

http://blog.wolfire.com/2010/12/Activate-the-Humble-Indie-Bundle-on-Steam#disqus_thread

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/992948/drm-free.PNG

Pretty good bundle but a little disappointing that Humble Bundle have moved away from their offering of DRM free copies along with their bundles