Well - look from the point of THQ - they are fighting for their life. Maybe they really don't have the resources for stripping DRM, let alone porting. So they are throwing steam keys around for promo purposes. But I would really like for the both companies to better communicate the reasons for the breaking of the bundle rules. And the bundle is amazing value anyway.
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#22Not 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.
I don't mean to be mean or thoughtless, but why should a community originally formed to support DRM free cross platform indie games support a failing corporation (that needs a lot more help than a humble bundle sale could ever do for it) which isn't any of those things?
Do they intend to be any of those things if they do get back on their feet?
Aren't they publishers themselves? Why can't they just run a sale? It seems like using the humble bundle is purely a marketing thing.
I didn't support the previous humble bundles as a marketing tactic, I supported them because of their goals.
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#23This 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 killin…
>Windows-only
>Steam-only
>not DRM-free
Seriously, what is this... The fun was cross-platformness (GNU/Linux and Mac OS X support). This is just not typical "Humble Bundle".
I wouldn't mind less humble bundles (a couple a year), but good and cross-platform and a load of them, instead of Windows & Steam-only like this.
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#24I thought the point of these bundles was to support indie game studios? Still, money goes to charity, decent set of games.. it just feels a bit incongruous.
The Humble Indie Bundle is, which is why it has indie in the name. There are multiple Humble Bundles, not all of them indie, and not all of them games. See the Humble eBook Bundle and the Humble Music Bundle.
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#25This 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 killin…
I thought the point of humble bundles was supporting charities, not giving away games for cheap.
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#27Instead of complaining about the man and DRM, customize your purchase to give it all to charity. Have a nice day.
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#28If 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.
This bundle doesn't have "indie" in the name. I'm pretty sure they've done similar bundles in the past. I think it's a good thing that they are introducing more traditional publishers to this pricing model, and I hope the experiment is a success.
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#29Not 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.
As fare as I remember the 4th indie bundle didnt have donations for EFF, as the charity are generally voted for by the developers.
also they have done none cross playform bundles before (with some of there android bundles.)
why not take this for what it is, the chance to pick up some decent games for cheep, and supporting eather a charity or a struggling games company who make some good games.
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#30The text says "Windows-only" but after I added the Steam keys on my Mac client, it seems to be downloading the games to my Mac just fine.
edit: After downloading the 9GB game the Mac Steam client just tells me that I cannot play it on my platform.