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Re: Humble Bundle #3 is Live

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Post by jentulman »

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.

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Post by janzer »

joshuacc wrote: post #2

The way that they preselect an amount $1 above average is extremely clever. It appeals to people's need to see themselves as above average without costing them anything substantial. Screenshot: http://screensnapr.com/v/QciSbr.png

and looks like they're a/b testing it; http://i.imgur.com/NsjwG.png

Re: Humble Bundle #3 is Live

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Post by estel »

jentulman wrote: post #3

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.

I don't think it's fair to say it's "yet another FPS". I think that people who only play Indie titles are missing out just as much as those who only play huge AAA releases.

Re: Humble Bundle #3 is Live

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Post by DasIch »

chanux wrote: post #4

Linux version pays the best average amount. Is there any message?

This has probably more to do with the fact that Linux users are quite often part of a community that promotes this kind of thing.

Also the statistic don't account for people with multiple systems. Windows on the desktop for games, Linux in the desktop for development and OS X on the MacBook is not an uncommon setup for developers.

Re: Humble Bundle #3 is Live

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Post by Uchikoma »

chanux wrote: post #4

Linux version pays the best average amount. Is there any message?

Yes, Windows and MacOS users spend more money on buying software so their budget is already stretched, while Linux users have money to spent.

Or Linux users cannot assess the worth of software as they are not used to buy software.

Both probably not what you wanted to hear, and probably not the real reason. I just wanted to point out that we can project everything into the fact that Linux version pays best average amount.

Re: Humble Bundle #3 is Live

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Post by eropple »

chanux wrote: post #4

Linux version pays the best average amount. Is there any message?

"The tiny proportion of people who use Linux on the desktop will pay more for your game if you frame it in the context of 'look, you can be superior to the people who use those other OSes'?"

I buy then under "Linux" because I'd like to see more Linux games, but I only very rarely actually play them under Linux. Because it's way too much of a hassle to actually do it. My reasoning is that, perhaps (and it is certainly optimistic), a greater adoption of games on Linux might make the process of getting them to work (and, similarly, the process of developing for the platform) less obnoxious.

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