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The Humble Monthly Bundle
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mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
Taking advantage of geeks with more disposable income than rationality makes plenty of sense. Lootcrate was just the beginning.
Starwolf_UK
Member
As long as it isn't the video game equivalent of bullshit lucky bags. (seriously mystery boxes are bad but lucky bags are hell)
This reminds me indiegamestand does a thing where you can buy the current, previous and next (mystery) game for a certain sum.
But seriously I think they lost a lot of their charm. I remember in the early days the live chat/support was run by the developers whose games were in the bundle which gave it a really personal touch.
This reminds me indiegamestand does a thing where you can buy the current, previous and next (mystery) game for a certain sum.
Those bastards. After they got involved we started seeing weekly bundles, book and comic bundles and even ebook bundles.
But seriously I think they lost a lot of their charm. I remember in the early days the live chat/support was run by the developers whose games were in the bundle which gave it a really personal touch.
humble has treated me well over the years. I also figure the first bundle will be absolutely loaded with big name games that haven't been in bundles to help get more people to sub. I've spent $12 on stupider things. so why not give it a try for the first month. if it doesn't do well enough ect I imagine they will change things up to get more people so I might as well be in for the ride.
$12 is too much for a mystery bundle. It might be a good deal for someone who has no PC games to play, but I already have dozens on unplayed quality indie games on Steam.
I'll try out the first month anyway, on the off chance that they put out an amazing bundle the first month to draw in subscribers.
I'll try out the first month anyway, on the off chance that they put out an amazing bundle the first month to draw in subscribers.
I'd argue that IndieBox is pretty cool, and you know at least the game you're getting the month you subscribe.
Of course, it's still quite a bit overpriced imo, but it has a cool concept and execution. Just a shame they don't just sell their editions separately.
Bubbavelli
Banned
Yeah it seems like an even weirder concept when it's not physical goods. They dont even really have themes as of now right?
8-Bit Sunset
Banned
"Not yet available in your region"....pfffft great!
Where are you based?
Ninja Kn1ght
Member
I'm willing to give it a go for a while at least.
8-Bit Sunset
Banned
Gaffy Goober
Banned
I hate mysteries, I don't really see myself trying this. Maybe just once.
Oh crap
Actually, I had the same thought. When I was a kid, in the murky not-particularly-legal world of 1980's Speccy gaming, I always would love to spend an evening just with a new unlabelled C90 cassette from someone at school, without really knowing what's on it. Might be a text adventure, might be a shmup, might be some sort of graphics tool. The discovery's a reward in itself - almost like a gaming mixtape. And sharing that experience with others might have been fun. It helps - and indeed, this sort of experience might have been how it formed - that I have broad, open-minded tastes, without really rejecting any genre.
The way to do this, I think, would be to negotiate with indies to get new games for the bundle. No risk of overlap with existing collections, there, and it allows those games to get some initial exposure at the very time they would benefit from it most. If they actually stated that was part of the premise, having a focus on premieres, I'd be rather more tempted.
PenDynasty
Member
6 dollars for Grimrock 2 and 6 dollars for never bundled games. Hmm.. it may be worth the risk. If the first one flakes, it will crash and burn before it takes off the ground.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
Here's the thing: I can almost guarantee the first couple bundles will be worth it for the vast majority of people. That isn't a problem because 1) they are looking to impress and 2) there are a lot of sources available for them to potentially cull from.
However, the reality is that the longer this thing goes on the worse the games are going to be. Let's say that each bundle has the minimum number of games, 4, so that equals nearly 50 games a year.
Are there 50 games, even including massive AAA games that most certainly won't be included in this in a timely manner, that you want to buy a year? I doubt it. This will get worse every month this thing runs as their crop of games that are actually worth it gets smaller and smaller.
What this monthly plan is attempting to do is reset the value of videogames that Humble helped to devalue. Look at the current Humble Indie Bundle, what was once the high water mark for bundles, and it's average purchasing price of $7.00 for currently 6 games (and soon to be more). It's nearly half of what they are asking for their monthly plan for more games than the monthly plan will probably ever give you.
However, the reality is that the longer this thing goes on the worse the games are going to be. Let's say that each bundle has the minimum number of games, 4, so that equals nearly 50 games a year.
Are there 50 games, even including massive AAA games that most certainly won't be included in this in a timely manner, that you want to buy a year? I doubt it. This will get worse every month this thing runs as their crop of games that are actually worth it gets smaller and smaller.
What this monthly plan is attempting to do is reset the value of videogames that Humble helped to devalue. Look at the current Humble Indie Bundle, what was once the high water mark for bundles, and it's average purchasing price of $7.00 for currently 6 games (and soon to be more). It's nearly half of what they are asking for their monthly plan for more games than the monthly plan will probably ever give you.
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
I might go in on the first one or two and just cancel when it starts to go bad. I would like to see how many games they are actually talking about.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Yup that's what I'm doing
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Default percentage that goes to charity in bundles: 20% (you can change this to 100% if you want to)
Percentage that goes to charity in the store: 10% (you can't change this)
Percentage that goes to charity in the Humble Monthly: 5% (you can't change this)
Default percentage that goes to Humble in bundles: 15%
Percentage that goes to Humble in the store: 15%
Percentage that goes to charity in the Humble Monthly: ??? Information not available.
It's not really clear how the purported creative motivations here would be any different than in a Humble Bundle. Sure, the Monthly has a "guaranteed minimum sales" before launch; but Humble Bundles do too, by virtue of their visibility. To the extent that the book club thing is true, it's true of most Humble bundles. I suspect the more likely outcome than introducing a large number of players to your game is that a large number of people now own your game and a small number of those play it in a trickle afterwards.
Percentage that goes to charity in the store: 10% (you can't change this)
Percentage that goes to charity in the Humble Monthly: 5% (you can't change this)
Default percentage that goes to Humble in bundles: 15%
Percentage that goes to Humble in the store: 15%
Percentage that goes to charity in the Humble Monthly: ??? Information not available.
It's not really clear how the purported creative motivations here would be any different than in a Humble Bundle. Sure, the Monthly has a "guaranteed minimum sales" before launch; but Humble Bundles do too, by virtue of their visibility. To the extent that the book club thing is true, it's true of most Humble bundles. I suspect the more likely outcome than introducing a large number of players to your game is that a large number of people now own your game and a small number of those play it in a trickle afterwards.
StrangeTaco
Member
So..... terrible percentage going to charity (that can't be changed) and no idea what games you're going to be getting in said bundle.
I'll take 20.
I'll take 20.
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
You know the first one will be a homerun, since that's their advertisement for new subscribers. I just wonder how many people will literally have every game in their bundle already.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
That's not how it works. You have to go in blind.
The first couple of months will probably be worth it, and then it will go down hill.
How does it work? You subscribe and are paying for the following month I guess?
Enter the Dragon Punch
Banned
PenDynasty
Member
The games may have leaked.
https://www.reddit.com/r/GameDealsMeta/comments/3qfwgg/humble_bundle_monthly_deal/
https://www.reddit.com/r/GameDealsMeta/comments/3qfwgg/humble_bundle_monthly_deal/
Delusibeta
Banned
Assuming that's true, that would be a pretty cracker bundle (if I hadn't got literally all of them).
Wok
Member
I have seen that Humble Monthly is accepting Paypal now.
Has anyone contacted the support or has anyone of you tried to change to Paypal?
I gave my debit card number but I would like to give the Paypal numbers instead (less expensive foreign exchange fees) without missing on the bundle. I am afraid changing anything would remove the bundle or something.
Has anyone contacted the support or has anyone of you tried to change to Paypal?
I gave my debit card number but I would like to give the Paypal numbers instead (less expensive foreign exchange fees) without missing on the bundle. I am afraid changing anything would remove the bundle or something.
I've signed up, and I'm not sure exactly where they're seeing this, but I'm not seeing it. Which doesn't mean it's not true, of course!
Do they state exactly where and how these are being listed?