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As awesome as this is, I'm quite bothered with the payment options. As it stands, I can't pay even if I wanted. I don't have a CC and all of Paypal, Amazon and Google are utter no-gos for me. It makes me a sad panda that options like PaySafeCard aren't as widespread as I would like them to be.
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Personally, "Tired of overpriced games from soul-crushing megacorps laden with spyware and DRM?" really puts me off.
Are you tired of underpriced games from small indie dev shops without spyware or DRM?
http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1014437/The-Humble-Indie
One of the take-away messages they had was "always target Mac and Linux, because it's a bit more work but you'll double your revenue".
The promo video is fantastic. Reminds me of those car demolition show commercials: THIS WEEKEND...CARASAURAUS REX...THE FIRE BREATHING...CAR EATING...ROBOT MONSTER DINOSAUR! Live at the civic center, tickets available now!
These bundles are all great. I keep pointing them out to my non-gaming friends as much as possible. I've dumped my consoles in the last year and moved to finding 'indie' game devs like these because, as the old saying goes, 'It's not about graphics, it's about gameplay'[citation needed] and I don't care how many polygons you can throw at /next big game/ it is almost invariably yet another FPS.
For people who are interested in the business story behind the Humble Indie Bundles, the creators gave a talk covering Bundles 1 and 2 at the 2011 Indie Games Summit: http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1014437/The-Humble-Indie One of the take-away messages they had was "always target Mac and Linux, because it's a bit more work but you'll double your revenue".
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Surely they wouldn't put the transaction through unless they were getting money from it though?
That's a good point! If they're not going to make any money, there's no sense in even taking it. Though, it might be illegal to sell something and then not accept payment. (Fraud? Money laundering? I don't know, but it seems potentially sketchy.)
Interesting stats. There appear to be as many Mac users as Linux users, and Linux users pay 2x more than Mac users. I guess Mac users spend all their money on OS upgrades :)
I am also an iOS dev and try and keep up on trends. I'd wager most Mac users are also iOS users. And current stats indicate that most iOS users are willing to spend money on software.
So why the stinginess here!?
Interesting stats. There appear to be as many Mac users as Linux users, and Linux users pay 2x more than Mac users. I guess Mac users spend all their money on OS upgrades :)