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What? Humble BundLe totally sold out their integrity after they let THQ sell their games with the Humble Bundle brand, without linux versions and with DRM. [1]
by Afforess 13y ago
What? Humble BundLe totally sold out their integrity after they let THQ sell their games with the Humble Bundle brand, without linux versions and with DRM.
[1] http://www.penny-arcade.com/report/article/the-humble-thq-bundle-loses-indie-games-adds-drm-and-is-a-step-backward-for http://www.penny-arcade.com/report/article/the-humble-thq-bu...
[2] http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2012/11/humble-thq-bundle-threatens-to-ruin-the-brands-reputation/ http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2012/11/humble-thq-bundle-thre...
- rexignis 13y agoI think you're being very hyperbolic. They were very explicit saying the games were Windows only and had DRM (Steam). It was its own isolated bundle.
- Qantourisc 13y agoTechnically, and financially it was all good. However marketing wise not a good move. Your post proofs this. And I kinda agree.
- shmerl 13y agoYes, that bundle was upsetting. I hope they don't continue this kind of stuff.
- lucian1900 13y agoIt wasn't named an "indie" bundle and it was marked quite well. I don't think it's selling out.
- Skoofoo 13y agoI was disappointed about this, too; not because it's necessarily bad, but because they had set the bar so high for themselves and then totally missed it with this. On the bright side, it raised a lot of money for charity.
- scott_karana 13y agoTheir integrity? THQ was about to tank, and they wanted to flip the games to whoever they could. I'm sure that if there were THQ-internal beta versions for Linux and Mac, they would have happily shipped them.