BorntoPlay
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Humble ORIGIN Bundle key left here, take it!! http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=83656909&postcount=6306
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STEAM 2013 Announcements & Updates: 6, GFWL: 0 | Number of hours played bugged
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Nabs
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I was thinking of picking up Bunny Must Die, but no one on my list owns it. I guess it's not worth it.
To be fair, that was just the programmer and she wasn't happy with the decision either.
To be fair, that was just the programmer and she wasn't happy with the decision either.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Also, during ModBot Mania a very generous GAFfer gifted me Dysfunctional Systems... not five minutes after I told the other mods "This looks like it could be cool!". THANKS DUDE!
They just look at the amount of games they sold in bundles - let's say 10k copies.
Then they say: If we give away 10k copies of our game, that's 10k times whatever price we're selling it for. We're actually losing money! (because yeah, 10k people are going to buy your shitty game twice for sure)
It's a very near sighted way of doing business.
Joe Molotov
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Are the keys on the groupees page up?
No, you need to use your desura key to sign up for their own special store, and then you'll get a steam key apparently. Here's the hoops, now jump through them, dear customer.
Nabs
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There's a 10 step process to getting your Steam key that includes using Desura. You still want it?
So many steps.
Dirtywhirlwind explained how to get them earlier.
Here's the cross-quote I made on the Indie Bundle thread:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=83809077&postcount=3534
Joe Molotov
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Learn to manage chaos, bro.
You could say it's a dysfunctional relationship with their customers.
Holy crap. Wow.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
I responded to the Steam Community thread as well. I have no interest in this game, I just want to send the message that they are making a mistake.
Uh, I wasn't even aware this was on the Doujin bundle.
Glad I picked everything on that bundle. Seems like a bit of work to get the key, but I'll do so tomorrow. Game looks interesting.
I would had completely missed the fact that I already owned the game if not for this post.
Nabs
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Hey, nice store page you have there.
Knights in white satin all over that thread.
I believe that too, it's just that I don't know whether the sequel is worth getting, given that the first one is more than enough for me.
Sorry, it's just the below average crap everyone and their mother already have.If one of them is The Sims 3, and you don't mind if I give the key to my girlfriend, I can take it.
I hate myself for calling Mirror's Edge "crap", but... yeah. It's worth jack shit now :/
Maybe EA was right all along, and those bundles devalue the IPs. They decided to teach us a lesson by completely destroying the value of some of their most important ones.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Well to be fair, they never said anything about putting their games in bundles. Just putting your game on sale is enough to devalue it's IP.
Oh, she posts on GAF, well sometimes.
Nice response.
Really not liking the attitude the Dev is expressing in the thread. You can throw off responsibility but screaming at people to show them the proof of any 'agreement' or 'promise' is really in bad taste.
Although I didn't buy the bundle, I won't be buying this game.
Thanks! I'm so crazy excited for the launch.
I still don't understand that statement. Game is probably selling 5 copies a month. Put it up on sale, game sells 50 copies in that month. That's 50 people paying 5 dollars (250 dollars) playing a game and wanting a sequel as opposed to 5 people paying 15 dollars (75 dollars).
How is that a bad deal?
They did this? Fuck them then. That's false advertising, because people expect Steam keys for games that sport the Greenlight banner in bundles once they are approved.
This game has become part of my "Do not buy" list, along with Bad Rats and any new F.E.A.R. games.
Man, you don't have to tell me, I was just joking. Bundles are a great way of earning some cash from games that have gotten past their "expiration date", so to speak. They also help create brand awareness and keep a franchise fresh in people's minds, as well as making others potentially double dip.
And it gets people to buy into the Origin ecosystem as well.
jediyoshi
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Microsoft demonstrates Halo 4 streaming from the cloud to Windows and Windows Phones. MS plz, back this way
FYI ModBot is not a person.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Or isn't he?
PandaPedinte
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Modbot is learning and evolving.
Matchew
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I wasn't sure, so whoever puts that together thank you.
I can't confirm via screencap, but the bundle was released post-greenlight.
http://www.indieroyale.com/newsletter/138
Maybe somebody who bought it can confirm?
Joe Molotov
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Isn't there a little bit of Modbot inside all of us?
I imagine him as a raging octopus frantically banging through giveaways screaming "motherfucking individual key bundle bastards!"
TBH, I feel a little bad for Sara. She's a programmer, not a PR person, and will have a really *fun* weekend on her hands now.
OTOH, RA's twitter feed should be fun to watch in the following days popcorn.jpg
Reminds me, if you want to throw it up there do so I'm going to send a key to modbot in a minute.
Joe Molotov
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http://www.rockinandroid.com/news/press/news.php?id=indie-royal-back-to-school-bundle
Here's their own PR for the Indie Royale release, where they say they're working towards a Steam release and for all the fans to spread the word. It doesn't say you'll get a Steam key if it gets Greenlit, but I mean that's generally the expectation.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
I feel bad for her as well, but if she is employed in a PR/CS capacity then she has a duty to represent the company when dealing with consumer complaints (not pass off blame), and if she is not employed in a PR/CS capacity then she should not be representing the company in a public-facing customer dispute. There needs to be a public face of accountability. There is not. She is wisely beginning to direct people to other parts of the company, but this speaks to poor allocation of roles within the developer. I recommend the company go get ITIL training because these are not management best-practices for an IT firm.
SteveWinwood
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Somebody just got into the family sharing beta.
Hint: It's me.
Hint: It's me.
So they used the bundle to spread the word about their greenlight page. Pretty scummy.
If no one takes this, feel free to throw it in that previous thread to see if someone catches it there Stump. Otherwise see it in a month?
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Yeah same here, got in around the 1050 mark.
rainking187
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I was going to get Cloudphobia in the Groupees bundle, but I won't be now.
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