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Re: The Humble THQ Bundle

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Post by potatolicious »

dkhenry wrote: post #10
cowkingdeluxe wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Don't expect them to anytime soon, they are on the verge of bankruptcy. Negative equity and they technically defaulted on a 50m loan. http://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ%3ATHQI

I wonder where the good studios in THQ will wind up. I hope Relic doesn't end up in the hands of EA like so many other promising Studios have.

Unlikely. Much of the game industry in Vancouver is staffed by ex-EA refugees (hey, I guess EA is good for something after all) - it's unlikely any one of them would ever willingly sell themselves back to the company they fled.

And if they did, their staff won't keep.

Re: The Humble THQ Bundle

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Post by kevingadd »

aw3c2 wrote: post #12

If Humble Bundles are not DRM free anymore I will not bother anymore. This is a disgrace to the brand they created.

Between compromising on DRM free and multiplatform I'm pretty ticked, especially because Humble Bundle has told indie devs I know to take a hike specifically because of not having a Linux port. The double standard is kind of offensive given that this money will likely get entirely devoured by THQ-the-publisher instead of the worthy studios that built the games being sold.

Re: The Humble THQ Bundle

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Post by incision »

Shame I already own all but one of these games via three years of isolating any game purchases to Steam sales.

Still, I bought into this one for the soundtracks and put the majority to charity.

Re: The Humble THQ Bundle

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Post by djcapelis »

Not crossplatform, no EFF donation, not indie and DRM all at once?

That's a large shift.

I generally liked supporting humble bundles on principle. Seems hard to keep feeling good about that now.

Re: The Humble THQ Bundle

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Post by vidyesh »

djcapelis wrote: post #16

Not crossplatform, no EFF donation, not indie and DRM all at once? That's a large shift. I generally liked supporting humble bundles on principle. Seems hard to keep feeling good about that now.

This seems more like helping THQ get back on their feet.

Re: The Humble THQ Bundle

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Post by mcherm »

Not exactly an "independent" publisher, only available for Steam, only for Windows, no contributions to the EFF? But when you add in that there is no DRM-free version, it's just not "Humble Bundle" anymore.

Re: The Humble THQ Bundle

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Post by lambda »

This seems to be completely against the spirit of the Humble Bundles. They are normally creative games from independent publishers, available cross platform and DRM free. These are some generic mass-market games from a failing major publisher, available only on Windows, and delivered via Steam rather than DRM-free.

The excessive numbers of "Humble X Bundles" that have been coming out recently have been kind of killing my interest in them. When it was an occasional thing with some really good games in the bundle, and I was able to support cross-platform DRM-free game development, I would buy pretty much every one, even if I didn't play many of the games. Now that they've diluted the brand so much, I'm a lot less likely to look when they announce a new bundle.

Re: The Humble THQ Bundle

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Post by leddt »

mcherm wrote: post #18

Not exactly an "independent" publisher, only available for Steam, only for Windows, no contributions to the EFF? But when you add in that there is no DRM-free version, it's just not "Humble Bundle" anymore.

Maybe they should have dropped "Humble" from the name and replaced it with "Save"
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