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I know that this wasn't meant to save THQ, but considering the flagship titles that were made available, that amount of money is not very impressive. It is a d

I know that this wasn't meant to save THQ, but considering the flagship titles that were made available, that amount of money is not very impressive. It is a drop in the ocean relative to the development costs of those games. Most of those titles would have made more in their first day on store shelves. EDIT: Also worth mentioning that the THQ president might have donated 10k in order to push up the average price.

joshschreuder 14y ago
Considering the games are between 1 and 8 years old, I think the amount raised is decent enough. Also, it would appear as though the THQ president was attempting to get people to match / beat his top donation: https://twitter.com/Jason_Rubin/status/278920299909636096 https://twitter.com/Jason_Rubin/status/278920299909636096
- sliverstorm 14y ago
  Agreed. While the games might have made more when they were 1 day old, they are not one day old. The whole thing has also garnered some positive press and upwelling of positive feelings towards the studio.
ekianjo 14y ago
A brief calculation assuming: - first 100 000 purchases without THQ president intervention between 3 and 5 dollars - 10k intervention at 100 000 point - subsequent purchases made above average pricing seem to indicate the 10k THQ "push" made the average price jump 10 cents at least (conservative estimation), providing a resulting boost in profit of 70 000 dollars (again, conservative estimation, probably). http://www.codeskulptor.org/#user7-h9oPfIQh4l-0.py http://www.codeskulptor.org/#user7-h9oPfIQh4l-0.py Somehow I do not think the Humble Bundle should allow the creators/publishers to modify the average price since it's more or less like insider trading in the stock echange: once you modify the average price you reap the profits - it's highly unethical and here it clearly shows the 10k expense from THQ president made a 60k profit for THQ.
- rtkwe 14y ago
  You assume the president's purchase came fairly early at the 100k mark. Later the delta from his donation continues diminishing rapidly. Any later than half way through and the delta is less than 2.5 cents and following the rest of your assumption gives them only 10k. Not to mention that the money is split between the donation options. (Default split on the Amnesia Fortnight is 70% to the developer, which I think is higher than the normal default) Taking that into account the numbers vary too wildly to begin speculating on. And beyond that it also raises large amounts of money for charity.
- mmanfrin 14y ago
  The highest donation up until very recently was $1,650.01. MUCH later than the 100k mark.
- stordoff 14y ago
  I'm fairly sure that the $10k purchase was made towards the end of the bundle. I was check on it fairly often, and didn't hear about it until after the bundle was finished (the highest purchase was ~$1,650, and I'm reasonably sure that was still the highest purchase with <24 hours to go)
ansible 14y ago
Well, THQ ended up getting a little money from me that they would not have otherwise. I had some slight interest in the Red Faction series, but the other games weren't even on my radar. But it seemed like a good deal, so I picked it up in the hopes that I'll get some use out of all of them.

joshschreuder 14y ago

Considering the games are between 1 and 8 years old, I think the amount raised is decent enough. Also, it would appear as though the THQ president was attempting to get people to match / beat his top donation: https://twitter.com/Jason_Rubin/status/278920299909636096 https://twitter.com/Jason_Rubin/status/278920299909636096

sliverstorm 14y ago
Agreed. While the games might have made more when they were 1 day old, they are not one day old. The whole thing has also garnered some positive press and upwelling of positive feelings towards the studio.

ekianjo 14y ago

A brief calculation assuming: - first 100 000 purchases without THQ president intervention between 3 and 5 dollars - 10k intervention at 100 000 point - subsequent purchases made above average pricing seem to indicate the 10k THQ "push" made the average price jump 10 cents at least (conservative estimation), providing a resulting boost in profit of 70 000 dollars (again, conservative estimation, probably). http://www.codeskulptor.org/#user7-h9oPfIQh4l-0.py http://www.codeskulptor.org/#user7-h9oPfIQh4l-0.py Somehow I do not think the Humble Bundle should allow the creators/publishers to modify the average price since it's more or less like insider trading in the stock echange: once you modify the average price you reap the profits - it's highly unethical and here it clearly shows the 10k expense from THQ president made a 60k profit for THQ.

rtkwe 14y ago
You assume the president's purchase came fairly early at the 100k mark. Later the delta from his donation continues diminishing rapidly. Any later than half way through and the delta is less than 2.5 cents and following the rest of your assumption gives them only 10k. Not to mention that the money is split between the donation options. (Default split on the Amnesia Fortnight is 70% to the developer, which I think is higher than the normal default) Taking that into account the numbers vary too wildly to begin speculating on. And beyond that it also raises large amounts of money for charity.
mmanfrin 14y ago
The highest donation up until very recently was $1,650.01. MUCH later than the 100k mark.
stordoff 14y ago
I'm fairly sure that the $10k purchase was made towards the end of the bundle. I was check on it fairly often, and didn't hear about it until after the bundle was finished (the highest purchase was ~$1,650, and I'm reasonably sure that was still the highest purchase with <24 hours to go)

ansible 14y ago

Well, THQ ended up getting a little money from me that they would not have otherwise. I had some slight interest in the Red Faction series, but the other games weren't even on my radar. But it seemed like a good deal, so I picked it up in the hopes that I'll get some use out of all of them.