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Posted November 29, 2012
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spindown: THQ's stock price is currently up 43% compared to yesterday (still extremely low, though). I wonder if this is related?
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SCPM: XD
Nice? what did you buy at?
Posted November 29, 2012
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CaptainGyro: I always thought of them as "help charity and support indie games at the same time" and the DRM free was the least important part of it.


Anyways, I was slightly disappointed when I found out the games weren't drm free, but not really surprised. I'm also not filled with some outrage over this, because it's still possible to donate all the money to charity. It's not a "steam sale" as that guy who wrote the article called it. And unlike a few others, I don't suddenly feel a lot more respect for gog now. They aren't selling these games drm free either
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/992948/drm-free.PNG

Maybe you just weren't there or you weren't paying attention, but in the beginning they were very much about the DRM-free.
Posted November 29, 2012
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CaptainGyro: I always thought of them as "help charity and support indie games at the same time" and the DRM free was the least important part of it.


Anyways, I was slightly disappointed when I found out the games weren't drm free, but not really surprised. I'm also not filled with some outrage over this, because it's still possible to donate all the money to charity. It's not a "steam sale" as that guy who wrote the article called it. And unlike a few others, I don't suddenly feel a lot more respect for gog now. They aren't selling these games drm free either
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SirPrimalform: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/992948/drm-free.PNG

Maybe you just weren't there or you weren't paying attention, but in the beginning they were very much about the DRM-free.
Yes I saw that already
Posted November 29, 2012
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CaptainGyro: Yes I saw that already
Well perhaps you can understand that it's the change in principles that people are upset about. Just because you didn't care, doesn't change the fact that it was obviously a strong part of Humble Bundle's identity to a lot of people.
Posted November 29, 2012
sad for me that it's not drm free and not available for mac. but if you don't care about such things it looks like a great deal.

THQ probably could use a cash injection of $50 million, anyway :)
Posted November 29, 2012
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CaptainGyro: Yes I saw that already
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SirPrimalform: Well perhaps you can understand that it's the change in principles that people are upset about. Just because you didn't care, doesn't change the fact that it was obviously a strong part of Humble Bundle's identity to a lot of people.
Yes I'm aware of that already why are you telling me this? I can read. I'm just explaining why I'M not angry about it, OK? This is the thread where we discuss the Humble Bundle, isn't it?
Post edited November 29, 2012 by CaptainGyro
Posted November 29, 2012
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timppu: Which of the games in this bundle are complete, with all official DLCs (if any)? I'd have to add the price of buying some DLCs separately to the actual price. Of the listed games, I only have Metro so far, so certainly it is a good price, even if they are mere Steam keys.
The Saints Row The Third have ton of DLC. I bought Complete Edition last week in sale for 9.99 and my Steam account lists 17 DLC. So with this one, they certainly want to encourage people to buy DLC later.
Posted November 29, 2012
going by the amount sold and the average price... they are nearing 1 Million already with 13 days to go...
Posted November 29, 2012
I just gave them a few bucks and put all of it towards charity. If bundle upsets you guys then just don't give THQ the money, it literally lets you do that for once instead of on principle.
Posted November 29, 2012
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Immoli: http://www.redcross.org/

Official American Red Cross page. If you don't want the Red Cross to suffer and you want to boycott you could always donate direct what you would have if you bought the thing (if you have a payment method they accept).
Precisely. If you really want to help, you can.

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Aningan: 2. DRM free was just an irrelevant gimmick. 50 million Steam accounts show that people are ok with Steam DRM.
This number proves nothing apart from the fact that 50 million honest people were given no choice whatsoever. With the majority of big budget releases shoving Valve's DRM down everyone's throat, it's hard for an average (non-pirating) Joe not to become a Steam user.
Posted November 29, 2012
I'd be very interested to know how much of that money went to charity.
Posted November 29, 2012
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CaptainGyro: I always thought of them as "help charity and support indie games at the same time" and the DRM free was the least important part of it.
Personally, I don't really care, as I wouldn't have been interested in these games either way, with or without DRM and no matter how cheap. I'm not upset, I'm just a little sad and disillusioned to see them throw away part of their integrity and credibility. The DRM-free installers and cross-platform support might not have been the only features of the Humble Bundle, but they were the most distinctive and most unique ones. They made Humble Bundle look special. It might not necessarily afffect their financial success that they're giving that up as a principle now, but it will probably affect the amount of goodwill towards them.

If they just want to be known as another one of these bundle with incredibly cheap games (steam codes for $1, yay!), so be it. But I don't need Humbe Bundle to be reminded of charity, and I don't think charity is their top priority either, and neither that of most customers. If I want to give my money to charity, I'm better off deciding for myself which organization should get it. IMO the charity part is just positive PR for Wolfire and it's attracting customers by making spending money on games feel charitable, and therefor it's profitable.

Anyway, even if the DRM-free part would be irrelevant, there'd still be the fact that this isn't about "supporting indie games" anymore.
Post edited November 29, 2012 by Leroux
Posted November 29, 2012
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hkabik: going by the amount sold and the average price... they are nearing 1 Million already with 13 days to go...
aye, with the current average they will reach the million at around 181k bundles, they have now 168k, the bundle has been up for 4 hours, it makes it 42k bundles per hour. There are 313 hours left, which with the current projections will make it 13.104.000 bundles sold. At the current average it will mean $72.465.120.

Ah, projections.

http://filipspagnoli.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/statistics-extrapolation1.jpg
Post edited November 29, 2012 by amok
Posted November 29, 2012
this looks to be one of the most popular bundles so far if this thread is anything to go by
Posted November 29, 2012
Which is why it may well doom GOG :( :( :( :( :( :(
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