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Re: The Humble THQ Bundle

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Post by tveita »

arrrg wrote: post #38
munchor wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>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.

Of course it’s a typical Humble Bundle. There were goddamn Android bundles in the past. No one complained. But now suddenly everyone. I do not get it. The point of Humble Bundles is to make a bunch of cool games available for however much money you want to pay. Sometimes those games are cross-plattform, sometimes not. That’s it.

The Android bundles were just bundles that included Android versions of the games. They were still cross-platform and DRM-free (you can use their app, or download the .apk and put it on your device any way you choose)

The thing is, people have certain expectations of a Humble Bundle now; that's what it means to have a strong brand.

It's fine that they are doing new things -- I don't mind the Amnesia Fortnight stuff at all, in part because it's a pretty cool concept, but probably also because they're not calling it a Humble Bundle.

Re: The Humble THQ Bundle

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Post by dkersten »

leddt wrote: post #4
dkhenry wrote: post #3

Very disappointed this isn't about THQ making some of these games available for Linux, also "Requires Steam to Play". I still have half a mind to purchase it as the Company of Heroes games are excellent, but I really dislike buying games that I have to use wine to play.

I agree that it's not really in the 'spirit' of the humble bundle in that regard. As a Windows and Steam user, however, I bought it instantly. It's an amazing deal.

I did too, but I gave 100% to childs play.

Re: The Humble THQ Bundle

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Post by dkersten »

jiggy2011 wrote: post #8

Warning about Metro 2033. It's actually a pretty good game with great atmosphere despite it's faults but there is a part quite near they end that is almost guaranteed to make you rage-quit even on easy skill settings. Edit: Requires Steam and Windows. I though the biggest point of the bundle was proving the market for DRM free cross platform games? They may as well have just made this a steam sale.

Warning about Metro 2033. It's actually a pretty good game with great atmosphere despite it's faults but there is a part quite near they end that is almost guaranteed to make you rage-quit even on easy skill settings.

Huh? I played Metro from start to finish over the space of about a week during the summer of last year and its a fantastic game. While it was quite difficult at times, I didn't find it so difficult that I would rage quit at any point.

Re: The Humble THQ Bundle

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Post by kisielk »

RyanZAG wrote: post #37

Interesting note. If you change the custom value to under $1 you get the following message: "Warning! Please note that orders under $1.00 will ONLY receive the soundtracks and will NOT receive the games! " This seems to go against the spirit of "pay what you want"? Not that $1.00 is really different from $0.01, but I'm pretty sure that for indy bundles before you could go as low as you wanted? I didn't think to try b…

Also interesting to see that (at the time of this writing) the average is only $5.50 which is a lot lower than the averages I've seen for previous bundles.

Re: The Humble THQ Bundle

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Post by mmanfrin »

pdknsk wrote: post #75

With the bundle already at $1M, it could go up to $10M, which is the current THQ market capitalisation. http://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ%3ATHQI So instead of purchasing some games, gamers could've purchased THQ, and released the games for free and without DRM.

+37% today. Investors think this was a great move.

Re: The Humble THQ Bundle

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Post by homosaur »

weisser wrote: post #47
marvin wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's certainly a bundle.

A bundle of SOMETHING alright! I'm really disappointed. I know the site has been doing very well monetarily with their format but stuff like this discredits them to me. For most people I think Humble Bundle was about doing good while also building awareness of indie developers. I've tried so many games I would never have heard of let alone purchased because of the site. Hopefully their next release won't be Disappoin…

So you'd rather them sell NOTHING than THQ games? These games are stellar. Company of Heroes is one of the best tactical RTS games of all time. Red Faction Armageddon is very good. Metro 2033 is very good. Saints Row and Darksiders are very good. These are not crap mainstream games thrown together with a Humble Bundle tag, these are brilliant pieces of software.

And anyway, you don't have to worry about this for long, there's not a lot of mainstream publishers out there that are going to give you a bunch of triple A titles to sell for donations. The money is still going where it used to go. I see no problem with this.

Re: The Humble THQ Bundle

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Post by teamonkey »

pdknsk wrote: post #52

It's interesting that THQ stock is +20% since the bundle went live, in addition to about +20% earlier today, before the bundle. It's climbing sharply now. http://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ%3ATHQI

The reason for the stock climb is rumors of a buyout, not this bundle.

Re: The Humble THQ Bundle

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Post by homosaur »

Why is THQ failing so hard? Is it simply because of how poorly the company was run for decades beginning with the Nintendo era where they foisted tons of licensed crap games on kids? I know I still kind of have negative associations with the THQ brand, even though I know for a fact that they've been releasing very good games for more than a decade now.

Is it just a matter of spending too much money on games like Saints Row that are huge money losers?

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