Humble Indie Bundle X – Pay what you want and help charity

Humble Indie Bundle X – Pay what you want and help charity(humblebundle.com)

37 points by mike 12 years ago | 32 comments

minimaxir 12 years ago |

It's worth noting that when this Bundle was first released, the game Starbound (new, normally sells for $15 on Steam) was announced at a limited quantity release for a $10 Bundle price.

The 1,000 copies were claimed within a minute. Gaming forums are accusing Humble Bundle of using this tactic to artificially inflate the Beat The Average price (was $8 an hour after release, now it's at $6 and decreasing)

arrrg 12 years ago | |

Well, yeah, they increased the average price that way, obviously. Nothing artificial or immoral about that, though (except for really weird definitions of artificial).

Typical gaming forums bullshit right there. Those paranoid entitled whiners, always the same …

mcintyre1994 12 years ago | | |

I'd argue it's actually pretty immoral/unreasonable. I know it's still a great deal, but the average price they're showing is for the bundle we can buy + an extra game. They're effectively equating the two bundles by using a joint average, and I wouldn't be surprised if it's actually illegal.

nilved 12 years ago | | |

That is artificial by any definition, but people use artificial techniques to increase profit all the time. Not any more a big deal than it ever is, in fact less because those profits go to charity.

jljljl 12 years ago | |

So at the worst case scenario, you were paying $8 for a $50 bundle instead of $10 for a $65 bundle. And of course, in either scenario you can still get 4 games for about $1.

Is this really worth outrage?

minimaxir 12 years ago | | |

"Value" and "willingness-to-pay" are different concepts.

kevhsu 12 years ago | |

...and what exactly would be wrong with that? Worst case scenario the BTA price goes to $10 assuming you're buyer 1001 and everyone else bought the $10 pack. You still get a heck of a deal.

minimaxir 12 years ago | | |

In some cases, the processing took longer than a minute (e.g. PayPal), so they missed the window. The argument is that the buyer would not have otherwise paid $10 for the bundle if it didn't have Starbound. (to be fair, HB apparently has been offering refunds in this case)

venomsnake 12 years ago | | |

Or you could buy for $1 and then on the second week increase your amount with just the needed to get bonus + above the average games.

gafads 12 years ago | |

You comment caused me to pay $25.

msg 12 years ago |

To the Moon

Buy this bundle for To the Moon, for poignant feelings.

Surgeon Simulator 2013, for ridiculous laughing.

zhodge 12 years ago | |

Ah I'm so excited to play To the Moon. This one by far stands out above the rest in this bundle at least to me. I'm going in with very little foreknowledge, just the way I like it.

kennyledet 12 years ago | |

This. This is the only reason I bought this iteration. Been working a lot, can't wait to relax and play it.

barbs 12 years ago | |

To The Moon looks awesome. Mind giving a few reasons why you liked the game?

msg 12 years ago | | |

People will be cagey about this game because they don't want to spoil it, but it's a game where you play a scientist team that provides unique services to the elderly.

Its gameplay lacks depth and has some annoying sections even, but as interactive narrative it has few rivals.

mathrawka 12 years ago |

I know I had purchased Bit.Trip RUNNER before... it was in in the Indie Bundle 6. I had problems running it on my Macbook Air, so I was wondering if they had a new version to fix the performance issues (it would go very laggy).

So I looked at My Library, and the title was missing. I also looked up the Indie Bundle 6 purchase page and it is missing.

So the only conclusion I can come to is that they are deleting titles from your library after you purchased them.

beothorn 12 years ago | |

Bit trip runner one was on Humble Indie Bundle 4. Just checked my game library and the game is still there

CrazedGeek 12 years ago | | |

The game was part of HIB6 too. It's still in HIB4, but the separate DRM-free download is actually missing from the HIB6 page. (The Steam key description doesn't look any different, though.)

tveita 12 years ago | |

Huh, I think you're right. BIT.TRIP RUNNER was definitely in the HIB 6 [1], but I don't see it on the download page either.

There's an button to get the Steam key, though.

[1] http://blog.humblebundle.com/post/32252091984/humble-indie-b...

tracervision 12 years ago | |

This one is RUNNER 2, the psuedo-sequel to BIT.TRIP RUNNER.

nilved 12 years ago |

Does anybody else find the CAPTCHAs needed to purchase this a little excessive? I'm doing my best to give them my money, but after 10 failed reCAPTCHA attempts I'm tempted to just close the window.

ihuman 12 years ago | |

Back when you could get a steam key for any price, people used to spam 1 cent purchases in order to get mass amounts of steam keys. I think this is left over from when that was possible.

zhodge 12 years ago | |

I don't recall ever having any issues myself when donating for a Humble Bundle, but I frequently enter the wrong characters on other sites' CAPTCHAs, so I totally understand your frustration. Actually, I think it's because I'm always (just barely) beating the average: "Orders below the average must authenticate with reCAPTCHA to help cut down on costly abuse." Is this the CAPTCHA you're referring to?

nilved 12 years ago | | |

No, I paid above the average. I was given the CAPTCHA when trying to log in to my existing account.

gafads 12 years ago | |

The captcha is a joke. You're paying a dollar or less for the game, so because a third of that goes to charity, and you're not willing to give more, then they just want to make sure that there is a human with a soul at the other end. Because all data says otherwise.

nilved 12 years ago | | |

No, I got the CAPTCHA when I logged in. I paid above average and sent it all to the EFF.

dmm 12 years ago | |

That's weird. I just bought it with paypal and I didn't see any reCAPTCHA.