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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

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.

vidyesh 14y ago
This seems more like helping THQ get back on their feet.
- djcapelis 14y ago
  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.
  - arcatek 14y ago
    > I didn't support the previous humble bundles as a marketing tactic, I supported them because of their goals. Couldn't you just give your money to the EFF, then ? My first reason for buying Humble Bundles is the very low price. The goal is the nice side effect.
    - djcapelis 14y ago
      I do give money to the EFF directly as well. If I was after low prices there'd be no reason for me to pay more than a dollar or two for a bundle. I pay what I pay because I want to support good art, good code and a good platform for that with good goals.
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Swifty 14y ago
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.
- ekianjo 14y ago
  No, their Android games were also available on other platforms. Their bundles were all multi-platforms until now. And DRM-Free. And THQ does not need money support, they need to go through an internal crisis, fire a number of people and get back to good basics. What this bundles does is just providing another injection to the drug addict.

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.

vidyesh 14y ago

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

djcapelis 14y ago
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.
- arcatek 14y ago
  > I didn't support the previous humble bundles as a marketing tactic, I supported them because of their goals. Couldn't you just give your money to the EFF, then ? My first reason for buying Humble Bundles is the very low price. The goal is the nice side effect.
  - djcapelis 14y ago
    I do give money to the EFF directly as well. If I was after low prices there'd be no reason for me to pay more than a dollar or two for a bundle. I pay what I pay because I want to support good art, good code and a good platform for that with good goals.
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Swifty 14y ago

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.

ekianjo 14y ago
No, their Android games were also available on other platforms. Their bundles were all multi-platforms until now. And DRM-Free. And THQ does not need money support, they need to go through an internal crisis, fire a number of people and get back to good basics. What this bundles does is just providing another injection to the drug addict.