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Re: The Humble THQ Bundle

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Post by borlak »

lambda wrote: post #19

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 killin…

It's a cliche thing to say, but hey, you don't have to participate.

If you truly support Humble Bundle and what they do, then you would support them in this endeavor as well -- you are giving them some tip as well (and charities if that's your thing). Does anyone really think that since they are doing this with THQ they are going to simply stop supporting the indie community?

THQ made some bad decisions, and they are desperate. This is a pretty clever move for them, and one can only hope a kick in the butt to pay more attention to what gamers are looking for.

Re: The Humble THQ Bundle

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Post by geetee »

JulianWasTaken wrote: post #53
geetee wrote: post #27

Instead of complaining about the man and DRM, customize your purchase to give it all to charity. Have a nice day.

Your comment seems to presume that complaints are meant for venting dissatisfaction rather than encouraging HiB not to do this again.

With the amount of money being raised, I hope this encourages them to do it all the time.

Re: The Humble THQ Bundle

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Post by achompas »

There's so much sanctimony in this thread. "Ohh, I support the Humble team on principle!! This bundle destroys the Humble spirit!!"

Do you support open, DRM-free software? Skip this release and wait for Humble Indie Bundle 7, like they suggest on the landing page.

Are you worried Humble is losing their platform-agnostic magic? Well, they've released two Android-only bundles before.

Do you want to hook up indie devs? Their games are still available on Steam, XBLA, or Kickstarter.

If you're against these releases, why not sit this one out? There will be another indie bundle soon enough.

EDIT: forgot one. Are you really concerned about the social good? Well, the EFF and Child's Play always accept donations on their websites:

http://www.childsplaycharity.org/

http://www.eff.org/

Re: The Humble THQ Bundle

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Post by hntldr_com »

Windows-only, Steam-only, not DRM-free

Games: Saint Row the third, Darksiders, Metro 2033, Red Faction Armageddon, Company of Heroes, Company of Heroes Opposing Fronts, Company of Heroes Tales of Valor

Re: The Humble THQ Bundle

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Post by AceJohnny2 »

achompas wrote: post #55

There's so much sanctimony in this thread. "Ohh, I support the Humble team on principle!! This bundle destroys the Humble spirit!!" Do you support open, DRM-free software? Skip this release and wait for Humble Indie Bundle 7, like they suggest on the landing page. Are you worried Humble is losing their platform-agnostic magic? Well, they've released two Android-only bundles before. Do you want to hook up indie devs?…

Not that I particularly mind this bundle, but note that the two previous "Android" bundles were also available on other platforms. It's just that they were also available on Android and they focused on that.

Re: The Humble THQ Bundle

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Post by unsignedint »

brown9-2 wrote: post #30

The 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.

That's by design of Steam. You can still download games that are not supported on your platform that is running Steam. It's actually convenient as you can utilize faster connection other than where you play the game, and then export and haul the data on your thumb drive to be installed on the machine you play the game.

Re: The Humble THQ Bundle

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Post by mkenyon »

moistgorilla wrote: post #25
lambda wrote: post #19

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 killin…

I thought the point of humble bundles was supporting charities, not giving away games for cheap.

By letting you, the purchaser, decide where your dollars go, the point of a Humble /.?*/ Bundle is exactly what you make of it.
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