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[bounchfx]

I paid above the average and didn't get the SR3 key. Noooooooooooooooooooo! That's the game I wanted.

yikes! that's what I want.. hopefully it shows up!

 

[Reneledarker]

Decided to pay 10 for the games, only want to play Saints Row and maybe Darksiders.

 

[Barkley's Justice]

How in the world is this bad for ANYONE?

YOU: Get cheap games
THQ: Gets money, increases last-ditch ip profile for potential sale to suitors
CHARITY: Gets money
Humble Bundle: Gets money
Indie Devs: Get exposure through awareness of Humble Bundle platform

Everyone needs to SHUT THE FUCK UP

 

[Foxy Fox 39]

As a developer I'd like to virtually slap each and every one of you little dipshits who does this.

Yeah I don't get this.

 

[GalacticGravy]

Played every Red Faction except Armageddon. Threw them some cash so I could give that one a go.

 

[VeryGooster]

I gave most of my dollar to Child's Play.

 

[Milchmann]

Not just that there's a number of significant pros, are there even any cons?

No DRM free versions and no Mac and Linux versions of the games.

 

[G17]

How long does the order take to process? Still haven't gotten the codes.

 

[Randdalf]

To be honest, there are indie developers that are worth more than THQ right now.

 

[AcceptableGhost]

Holy shit

 

[LuchaShaq]

Someone make a list of indie devs crying about this so I never buy their games, and if I do it will be in a humble bundle and I can set the dev portion to zero.

 

[Gowans]

Do these keys work in the UK?

course

 

[Carl]

Not just that there's a number of significant pros, are there even any cons?

Not really...

 

[SephirothRK]

Don't own any of the games, paid BTA to get all these games. Sweet bundle.

 

[Goldenroad]

As a developer I'd like to virtually slap each and every one of you little dipshits who does this.

You should say who you work for because as a consumer I want to make sure to not support anyone who would call potential customers "dipshits".

 

[Wuthering_Heights]

Oh, nevermind.

Child's Play is good.

 

[Stumpokapow]

As a developer I'd like to virtually slap each and every one of you little dipshits who does this.

Go ahead and slap me. I feel strongly about charity, so I donate the vast majority (often all) of my HIB purchases to charity. It's not out of hate or spite for the dev, it's just a priority thing. No one should be verbally beaten up for choosing to use the slider provided. If HIB meant "some proceeds go to charity" or "devs guaranteed minimum", they'd say that. If they wanted to establish a particular minimum price, they'd do that too. Instead, they have the system they have, and it works for everyone.

But beyond that, from a THQ context, if you calculate that their demise is imminent regardless of this, then the money you're pumping into the company essentially just compensates their creditors, rather than their staff. Giving to THQ in this way only "saves" them if you actually think they're going to make enough to come out of this alive.

 

[M.D]

Wait... You can't just put your credit card number in order to pay? you have to use one of the services listed?

 

[qwerty2k]

Humble Bundles always depress me that people value the games (and charity) so low as to only donate a couple of bucks, now i know not everyone is in a fortunate situation but for the average to be like $5 i think is wrong.

 

[Haunted]

Went in for 10 to THQ, this pack is certainly better than the crappy bloatware like VVV or Rochard. Funny to see the little indie devs being bitter about this, I guess donating to charity is not the point.

 

[LiK]

Wait... You can't just put your credit card number in order to pay? you have to use one of the services listed?

Indeed

 

[Frustrated_Grunt]

I'm depressed because I realized I never bought a copy of Metro 2033 yet.

 

[V_Ben]

Oh gosh I can't believe this is a thing. Amazing. Paid $10 and gave it all to THQ.

 

[Spirit of Jazz]

What an insanely good deal... I've now bought Saints Row the Third 3 times. Red Faction and Metro are the two games that I've never played, I own all the others through boxed pc copies or on XBox.

 

[Haunted]

I'm depressed because I realized I never bought a copy of Metro 2033 yet.

I bought it on the steam sale like three days ago and haven't even played it yet.


This offer is so good, I ain't even mad.

 

[Toki767]

The average is going up slowly guys. I hope you got in at $5.15

 

[Salsa]

only indie dev ive seen saying something positive about this thing is dan marshall (size five games, makers of ben there, dan that)

again, baffled

 

[Wuthering_Heights]

Average is creeping up...

 

[Bulzeeb]

awesome bundle, this made my christmas shopping easier

How in the world is this bad for ANYONE?

YOU: Get cheap games
THQ: Gets money, increases last-ditch ip profile for potential sale to suitors
CHARITY: Gets money
Humble Bundle: Gets money
Indie Devs: Get exposure through awareness of Humble Bundle platform

Everyone needs to SHUT THE FUCK UP

and this, how is this a bad thing?, everybody wins

 

[CambriaRising]

Went in for 10 to THQ, this pack is certainly better than the crappy bloatware like VVV or Rochard. Funny to see the little indie devs being bitter about this, I guess donating to charity is not the point.

Kotaku even joined the carnival of stupid:

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[I H8 Memes]

As a developer I'd like to virtually slap each and every one of you little dipshits who does this.

Normally I would agree. But obviously this THQ bundle isnt going to save the company. Not a chance. At this point any money that THQ sees is going to be part of whatever assets they have that gets auctioned off following a bankruptcy filing. Might as well go all to charity at this point.

 

[Eternia]

Almost pulled the trigger at $5.37. It's now $5.20.

I wonder if it's a bunch of people buying $1 keys to resell later.

Of course, lots of people stock up on these bundles with the intention of trading them.

 

[michaelius]

Someone make a list of indie devs crying about this so I never buy their games, and if I do it will be in a humble bundle and I can set the dev portion to zero.

This. Sad to see so many assholes on twitter and in this thread.

 

[Roto13]

Average at $5.19. Bets on how low it'll go?

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Don't worry THQ/Tempy. I'm donating $200 to this bundle when I get home...

 

[Fantastical]

Good god...

Also I love a lot of indie games, but some indie devs are just so far up their own asses as shown by those tweets.

What's the point to this other than to be an asshole?

 

[nickcv]

this is really depressing...

i've never been a fan of their games, but no one deserves to end like that

 

[M.D]

Indeed

WTF...

I had a bad experience with PayPal >.> made an account and put in my credit card number, then when I verified it I got (and I'm not exaggerating) maybe over a hundred emails in a couple of hours telling me to verify two other credit cards which I never put in my account.

I wrote to PayPal but never got an answer

 

[yankeeforever2]

Damn I just paid a dollar for each game wow

 

[TheSeks]

I only want two of those games (three if you count the beat the average). :/ But I don't have a PC capable of running them, so sorry THQ: I can't bail you out.

 

[mavs]

Humble Bundles always depress me that people value the games (and charity) so low as to only donate a couple of bucks, now i know not everyone is in a fortunate situation but for the average to be like $5 i think is wrong.

When your product costs nothing to distribute, better give out something for $5 than nothing for $0. If someone would rather ignore the games than pay $2 I don't see anything wrong with that, there's lots of popular $60 games out there I would pay $1 for and not a penny more.

 

[Haint]

I chose to give every penny to THQ.

 

[KNT-Zero]

I don't understand why everyone is so bitchy about THQ. Given their mistakes, they still try to offer good games now and then, South Park RPG for example.

Hopefully they will be able to release the game on the scheduled date...

 

[DarkSoul520]

This was not the way I was expecting to buy Saints Row 3.

 

[michaelius]

Normally I would agree. But obviously this THQ bundle isnt going to save the company. Not a chance. At this point any money that THQ sees is going to be part of whatever assets they have that gets auctioned off following a bankruptcy filing. Might as well go all to charity at this point.

Or actually pay salary to people still working there before buyout.

 

[TheVoidDragon]

Quite surprised to see full games in a HumbleBundle. Do the developers tend to get much money from the bundles?

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Average at $5.19. Bets on how low it'll go?

$5.17 is the lowest it saw and will see. That's less than $0.43 per product they're offering. Great fucking deal if you ask me.

 

[YianGaruga]

Heh

https://twitter.com/JustDonate

 

[Wuthering_Heights]

Of course, lots of people stock up on these bundles with the intention of trading them.

I'll probably pick up a few for giving out.

 

[Azure Dream]

First time I think I haven't broken the average on a Humble Bundle. It really doesn't help that someone got me SR3 as a gift during the Autumn sale, then I ended up having to rebuy it because it was cheaper to get The Full Package than the DLC separately, now here it is for $5 just a few days later.

I thought one of the big pushes of the Humble Bundles were that they were supposed to support Mac and Linux as well (and Android), and Steam being an optional bonus, not a requirement. So this feels really weird.