Humble THQ Bundle Waves Bye-Bye to Indie - UPDATED

[Evil Smurf]

Well certainly is an interesting why for THQ to try and make some money. I imagine anyone who bought they any of these games in the steam sale is kicking themselves now.

Man! I just bought Saint Row: The third in the steam sales!

I feel your pain, the same happened to me with Botanicula.

Oh well, I gave SR3 to a friend. He is loving it

 

[omicron1]

Indie, no. Humble, absolutely.
THQ is on the ropes. And this is as close to a "Please, customers, save us" as I've ever seen.

If I didn't own then all (each for more than they're asking) I'd be tempted to pay the going price, just out of goodwill.
Also, 'cause Homeworld 3 must happen.

 

[Rad Party God]

Amazing bundle, although I already have Darksiders (pre-purchased it) and all of Company of Heroes (bought the base game twice, one retail, one Steam), I guess I'll handle them $10 for Saints Row 3 and also Red Faction Armageddon looks like fun, also let's hope they release the Dawn of War games, especially Space Marine *cross fingers*.

 

[Irridium]

Not really "indie." Like, at all. Oh well, it's neat that these games will be on Mac and Linux, since the humble indie bundle requires the games to be cross-platform! Oh, Windows only... kind of lame. But hey, big AAA games DRM-free! After all, when the bundle first launched, the co-founder, Jeffrey Rosen, said he's willing to tolerate piracy numbers, and remained adamant that the games be DRM-free. He even said the following: "When considering any kind of DRM, we have to ask ourselves, 'How many legitimate users is it OK to inconvenience in order to reduce piracy?'" he wrote at the time. "The answer should be none." So yeah, big AAA games DRM-free! That's awesome!

Wait, it requires Steam? Well, Steam is pretty convenient as far as DRM goes, but it's still certainly more inconvenient than "no DRM at all."

I mean, it's a damn good deal and all, but it still seems kind of... opposite of what this bundle was apparently intended to do. Bring not-so-well-known indie games into the public eye for a low price, cross-platform compatibility, and no DRM. This bundle does none of that, apart from the low price.

I love how fail to mention the charitable part of HumbleBundle.

But no, screw charity, we need DRM free indie games!

Your'e right. The charity is still there. That's definitely a good thing. Wish there was still a way to give the money to the people who made the game though, since most of the creators have either been let go or moved on, doing that is out of the question.

 

[Grabehn]

While I'd love to get it, I can't, hate that there's always some problem with payment methods. Also, I'd love to pay as much as the average for these, but money for games is not exactly a given for me at any given time.

 

[Rednog]

Well, I already have most of the games, but I want those soundtracks!

I guess I will be opening a steam trade thread a week or so after this closes!

And I have to laugh at all the people whining that its not indi..

Just a quick note, the soundtrack for Saints Row 3 is really bad since most of the "good" stuff is licensed by several artists; for example "Power" by Kanye West, and they aren't part of the soundtrack. It just contains some of the really generic background stuff.

 

[lacktheknack]

Assuming default split, THQ has nearly a million bucks now.

Not bad, all things considered.

 

[willsham45]

I have been wanting some of these games for a while I am glad I did not get any of it in the last steam sale

 

[lacktheknack]

Well, I already have most of the games, but I want those soundtracks!

I guess I will be opening a steam trade thread a week or so after this closes!

And I have to laugh at all the people whining that its not indi..

Actually, if you pay less than a dollar, you get the soundtracks, but no games.

Of course, why would you do that and be a cheap bastard?

 

[The White Hunter]

Well certainly is an interesting why for THQ to try and make some money. I imagine anyone who bought they any of these games in the steam sale is kicking themselves now.

I am a bit since I got company of heroes and the expansions. Soooo glad I passed up on Metro 2033, I paid over the average and it was only £3.87 once it came back to british monies.

Bargain. :3

 

[The White Hunter]

so if you buy these games can you use steam or do use something else?

You get keys to redeem on steam by "activating a product on steam".

 

[New Troll]

Mentioned this bundle to my girlfriend, describing to her how it came about from originally being indie developers and what an awesome deal it usually is while helping charity at the same time. She had already bought and was downloading before I was even finished talking to her.

I highly recommend this bundle for Saints Row 3. It's probably the most actual fun I've had within a game in a long, long time.

 

[Steve the Pocket]

I love how fail to mention the charitable part of HumbleBundle.

But no, screw charity, we need DRM free indie games!

Yes, because it's not like people who want to give money to charity can just make a donation directly to Child's Play or one of the many other, far more important causes out there like AIDS research or digging wells in African villages or whatever. No, buying games from the Humble Indie Bundle is the only way to do good in the world.

Bleh, I say to you. Bleh.

 

[Aariana]

I bought it. Twice, actually. Would have been a third but my boyfriend already has most of the games. No interest in about half the games, but honestly I don't really care. Even getting Darksiders for a few dollars is worth it to me (never did try that game). I just left it at the default split, however, so I can't remember how much of that would be going to THQ. The BF is probably ecstatic now cause he'll be able to teach me how to play Company of Heroes.

 

[Fenra]

Great looking bundle... just a shame I already own all of the games! I'd be better served just giving the money I would spend on it straight to charity... actually think I'll do that right now!

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

Definitely buying this, despite owning a lot of those games. THQ needs the cash.

 

[Di-Dorval]

Gave 5 buck for metro. Already baught Darksiders full price a while ago and I baugh the full saint row 3 pack on steam... I would not have payed higher for that game anyways..

Plus I had pre-purchased Darksiders 2 on steam..

Gave everything to THQ because.

 

[rees263]

Discounting games I already own, the only ones in the Bundle I'm interested in are the Company of Heroes ones. They look pretty sweet though, so I'll probably pick this one up. I love the Humble Bundles, so I like to think my patronage helps to encourage further Bundles. Not to mention that the current Steam price for even just the CoH games puts the average bundle price to shame.

 

[axlryder]

SR3, Darksiders and Metro 2033 for the price of a footlong? Can't complain at all. I'll just add those to my collection of steam games that I can't even play until I get a new computer.

 

[juyunseen]

Gotta respect THQ for basically going, "Please help us. We're screwed and we'll take anything you can give." Most publishers in their position would just put their stuff on a 15%+ off sale, but they're funneling some money to charity while they're at it.