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Humble Bundle launches multi-platform publishing and funding program
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The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Man I love Humble Bundle and I love seeing new initiatives like this, but at the same time a part of me is like...I feel like we're near or past the point of indie game saturation. I'm not actually sure if what the market needs right now is more games, full stop
Good thing you don't decide what the market "needs".
I agree to a certain extend. For me Humble Bundle's biggest strength is stringent curation on the bundle side. I'm not against them funding development, though. I just feel they should take on less quantity and focus on higher budgets to create products that stand out.
Lord save this poor soul from imaginative games that aren't part of multi million franchises.
BrownieBrownBrown
Neo Member
We need more games.
What?
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
I just...I'm curious how well this is actually going to work out. How much promotion from Humble publishing will be able to overcome the sheer statistical problem of games selling 2500 copies because only 0.25% of anything can get seen
People who decide worth based on if something is indie or not are REAL interesting people...
Me? I'll be happy to see another way for good games to be released, regardless of whether that game was developed in a garage or a giant office building.
Our indie saturation issue has more to do with curation than anything right now, and that's not a solved problem. Having a publisher promote visibility (and those are some GOOD games to promote! Scorn and No Truce With the Furies? Wow!) is one of the ways to help with the curation problem.
Thats likely the reason why this is happening - Humble Bundle will showcase and push these titles so they dont go under in a crowded indie space. Especially if they can streamline the process to get some of these projects on console as well.
Seems like a win/win to me if bother partys have reasonable expectations.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Humble Bundle has a huge audience, so you're kinda arguing FOR them to promote and publish games.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
I basically only play indie games these days. My point is that my Steam wishlist currently contains 400 items because I keep clicking through the suggested queue and seeing lots of games that "look neat", with decent production values and interesting hooks, that I don't end up buying and that no-one else is buying either according to Steamspy because right now I think more games are getting made than people actually want to buy.
I like Humble and I hope this works out, but I hope that their promotional efforts actually work. What's giving me pause is the fairly tepid reaction to their original stuff they've been including with the Monthlys
Cymbal Head
Banned
Does this mean we can look forward to a Humble Humble Bundle Bundle featuring games they've published?
that's a fantastic line-up right off the gate
the originals in the monthly bundles clearly aren't full fledged products so i don't really see a valid comparison here
the originals in the monthly bundles clearly aren't full fledged products so i don't really see a valid comparison here
dave is ok
aztek is ok
Quality sells. If Humble cultivate like Devolver or Adult Swim they'll do fine
Greatest Ever
Member
Please, god please.
MrCunningham
Member
Humble Bundle are doing a lot of good things right now. I hope that trend continues with their publishing program.
MooseKnuckles
Banned
I read this as 'No Truce with the Furries,' which I think is a more interesting concept.
This is good news, I don't buy too much from them anymore but I like what Humble have been doing, and smaller indie publishers like Devolver and Adult Swim have been putting out some really interesting stuff.
I'm happy to let "the market" consumer base as a whole decide that rather than spectators.
I'd say now more than ever before, I've been far more experimental with the games I play and ultimately, "indies" are now the brunt of the games I will buy ranging from simple small endeavours to much larger. The sheer variety and high quality available is fantastic, and that has led to all manner of niches being discovered for me. While I think I have peaked in turns of how much I will buy due to time constraints, the types of games I buy is in a state of constant flux precisely because of the increases in experimentation and niches available that provide really exciting games more than ever. At some point developers / publishers will see if there is truly over saturation and change.
texasairhead101
Member
These were coming out regardless correct? This is just a platform to give them a spotlight when they release so the devs don't have to deal with self publishing. Seems like a solid idea for the humble co.
I expect some of these to go into Humble Monthly which will supplement their 'Humble Originals'
Garcia el Gringo
Member
A Hat in Time and Scorn are two games I'm keeping my eye on! Sweet news!
outunderthestars
Banned
This seems like a good way to start losing money....
LinkSlayer64
Member
Because Humble is largely a PC centric platform.
nailbombxx
Member
How could you see Scorn and say this
I think he said that because one of them is going to Xbox.
That might be because it's could be on Win10 store/UWP aswell so might aswell just put it on Xbox too since 99% of the work is done, kinda like how Fallout Shelter made it to Xbox but not PS4. Dunno though, it's weird that only one is going on xbox too
LinkSlayer64
Member
I understood why he said it but that's only... One.
quite possible, but unlike a lot of companies humble isn't always about the bottom line. they often taken on experimental things such as pushing games for linux in order to better the indie community.
though admittedly it's been a while since they took on a large scale project for such a thing, and they likely hope to make money from this.
More_Badass
Member
Scorn and No Truce!
Humble already proving they got a good eye for games with their first round of published titles
Humble already proving they got a good eye for games with their first round of published titles
Spiral Insanity
Banned
What?
We always need more good games, who cares if you see them as indie or not. This will hopefully help smaller developers to reach their full potential.
keraj37
Member
More games means more to choose from, means more quality (thanks to bigger competition) - it is all good for gamers. Not good for developers.
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