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Opinions : price vs quantity ?
What is your opinion?
My preference is GOG, however; if Humble has a DRM-Free game at a cheaper price then I will purchase it through them.
Price:
Humble Bundle wins. By a longshot. You can almost always get at least 3 games for just a dollar, and at that, you usually get free Steam keys with 'em, too.

Quantity:
GOG has the bigger selection and older games, but Humble is slowly improving as it gets better deals. You gotta cut Humble a little slack though, because I imagine it's much harder to convince a developer to sell a game as packaged "shovelware" rather than full-price on a store.

Choice:
GOG has the better games, hands-down. Humble has been frequently criticized for bundling low-to-mid-quality indie games. They occasionally crank out a few gold mines, but it all depends.

Customer service:
Gog wins. Not only are they always helpful and looking for ways to improve the community, but they're kind and have a money-back-guarantee policy on games that don't work. If Humble has this, I am not aware of it.

My verdict:
I gotta go with Humble, despite saying this on a GOG forum and despite how much hate I'm gonna get from the fanboys. As much as I love GOG and being able to play games I never could otherwise, Humble is expanding rapidly, and not only do I get free Steam keys with my games, but I can also donate to any charity of my choosing and decide how much of my money goes where. Nobody else lets you do that.

Editing in progress: Typing up typical review style for both GOG and Humble Bundle

GOG:
+1 for having old games
+1 for being committed to DRM-free games
+1 for having a useful, active community which also frequently gives free games
+1 for having good customer support
+1 for offering frequent sales
+1 for having downloader and Galaxy for easy download/organization of games
+1 for almost always including extra goodies with games

+0 for nearly useless friend system
-0 for not being able to buy multiple games at once
-0 for having non-organizable wishlist system
-0 for not being able to delete certain people from chat so they're not still on your list

Overall score: 9/10

Humble Bundle:
+1 for having cheap games
+1 for including Steam keys
+1 for sometimes including Android games
+1 for having multiple platforms
+1 for having DRM-free games
+1 for option to donate money to charity and decide what portion of the money goes where
+1 for having very frequent change in bundles
+1 for not always selling games, sometimes movies, books, magazines, and developing tools
+1 for now having the option to pick your own charity

-0 for having no community, because they're really just a storefront and don't need it
+0 for lack of dowlnoader of any sort
-0 for bad game choices because these rotate in and out frequently, plus, this gives the opportunity for some otherwise-unknown indie developers to get themselves out there

Overall score:
10/10

Basically, Humble is better if you want to save money, while GOG is the more "upper-class" way to buy games. Even if you hate Steam keys, you can just keep what you want and ditch what you don't with Humble. Hate the company or the developers? Give to charity. Don't like the charity featured? Pick your own. It's a win-win any way you look at it.
Post edited January 02, 2016 by zeogold
I don't like Humbe Bundle because they encourage DRM by selling DRM-encumbered games, and when I last checked, I didn't see a way to filter the store to only show DRM-free games.

These days, when I buy a bundle from there, the Humble Tip gets none of my money. (The Electronic Frontier Foundation gets would would otherwise be the Humble Tip portion when possible.)
I never buy a bundle there, unless ALL games are DRM-free. And that doesn't happen very often. No money for DRM, never ever. GOG wins.
If you are in it for the drm-free goodness, stay clear from Humble. Many devs there never update their drm-free builds, so you will end up buying just a steam code.
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seppelfred: I never buy a bundle there, unless ALL games are DRM-free. And that doesn't happen very often. No money for DRM, never ever. GOG wins.
If you are OCD about DRM which most of developers will never give up on you will lose a hell-lot-of-games.
Who isnt liking the current Enix Bundle ?
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seppelfred: I never buy a bundle there, unless ALL games are DRM-free. And that doesn't happen very often. No money for DRM, never ever. GOG wins.
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comboplayer: If you are OCD about DRM which most of developers will never give up on you will lose a hell-lot-of-games.
Who isnt liking the current Enix Bundle ?
I consider DRM to be unethical and therefore say that I would be worse off with the bundle than without it.

I have actually been known to buy bundles for 99 cents *just* to avoid getting the Steam keys.
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seppelfred: I never buy a bundle there, unless ALL games are DRM-free. And that doesn't happen very often. No money for DRM, never ever. GOG wins.
It's not worth it for the games you DO want? I just buy the bundles, play the games I want to play, and trade or give away the rest. I bought the last Nordic Games bundle just for Book of Unwritten Tales 2. At $10, it was cheaper than I've ever seen it on sale anywhere else, it's DRM-free, and I got a whole load of other games for free (some of which, the Black Mirror series, I actually ended up playing and enjoying).
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dtgreene: and when I last checked, I didn't see a way to filter the store to only show DRM-free games.
There's a DRM filter dropdown menu in the Store. They have approximately 20*47 DRM-free titles. So actually less than GOG, with the usual DLC / upgrades / deluxe editions caveat.
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seppelfred: I never buy a bundle there, unless ALL games are DRM-free. And that doesn't happen very often. No money for DRM, never ever. GOG wins.
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comboplayer: If you are OCD about DRM which most of developers will never give up on you will lose a hell-lot-of-games.
Who isnt liking the current Enix Bundle ?
I have principles.
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comboplayer: If you are OCD about DRM which most of developers will never give up on you will lose a hell-lot-of-games.
Who isnt liking the current Enix Bundle ?
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dtgreene: I consider DRM to be unethical and therefore say that I would be worse off with the bundle than without it.

I have actually been known to buy bundles for 99 cents *just* to avoid getting the Steam keys.
Honestly, I've never understood why some of the people on here are so touchy about it. It's always been around and it's always going to be around, and if it wasn't around, chances are that we'd eventually get a whole pack of idiots who'd pirate like mad. Annoying, yes, but it's not so evil we need to break out the pitchforks and torches about it.
Plus, if you're THAT convinced you don't want to give them your money, why not just set the slider to donate all of your money to charity?
From what I've heard, Humble's DRM-free options are very inconsistent; sometimes you get an installer, sometimes you may just be getting the Steam files in a .zip folder. GOG are much better about consistency.

GOG has better support, I assume, but it can be hit or miss from what we've seen. I assume this is due to the influx of people over the last year. https://www.google.com/#safe=off&q=gog.com+complaints , http://www.sitejabber.com/reviews/www.gog.com Steam and Origin seem to have the best refund options, though Steam's customer service is still really rough apparently. (I almost didn't come back to GOG back in 2010 when my request for a Far Cry multiplayer key took too long.)

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seppelfred: I never buy a bundle there, unless ALL games are DRM-free. And that doesn't happen very often. No money for DRM, never ever. GOG wins.
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zeogold: It's not worth it for the games you DO want? I just buy the bundles, play the games I want to play, and trade or give away the rest. I bought the last Nordic Games bundle just for Book of Unwritten Tales 2. At $10, it was cheaper than I've ever seen it on sale anywhere else, it's DRM-free, and I got a whole load of other games for free (some of which, the Black Mirror series, I actually ended up playing and enjoying).
I bought BOUT 2 for 8.29 Euros here on GOG at the winter sale.