One note on complaints that I hear about Humble Bundles that consist of titles from big publishers (such as the recent THQ bundle).
There are multiple Humble Bundles. The Humble Indie Bundle is not the only Humble Bundle. There are ebooks, music, and big publisher bundles as well. Just because a Humble Bundle is not all indie titles does not mean it's not a Humble Bundle.
"The Humble Bundle hasn't weakened its brand! It's just split itself into several brands, some of which are in philosophical opposition to the original brand! Totally different!"
The Humble Bundles did start with indie games, and one big selling point was the lack of DRM. The ebook and music bundles also had no DRM. Not only do these "big publisher" bundles have DRM, this particular one is also specifically promoting a DRM encumbered platform. That seems like a step backwards to me.
Having said that, I still bought this one. The donation to charity is another big aspect of the bundles that I like, and it's nice to see EA give their share.
Well, it's a bundle all right, but there is nothing humble about EA :) I'll wait for the next Humble Bundle, so I can buy more games I don't have time to play.
I'll wait for the next Humble Bundle, so I can buy more games I don't have time to play.
So much this. Virtually my entire Steam library, Civilization is the only exception I think, is from Humble Bundles, and I can count the games I've played through on no fingers.
(I love the soundtracks they often include, though. Those actually get some listening time.)
They've changed focus - not all of their early bundles were labeled 'indie', but the ethos was there. I stopped caring about them when they started spamming weekly deals.
Still, 'humble' and 'EA' do not go together semantically.
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One note on complaints that I hear about Humble Bundles that consist of titles from big publishers (such as the recent THQ bundle).
There are multiple Humble Bundles. The Humble Indie Bundle is not the only Humble Bundle. There are ebooks, music, and big publisher bundles as well. Just because a Humble Bundle is not all indie titles does not mean it's not a Humble Bundle.
"The Humble Bundle hasn't weakened its brand! It's just split itself into several brands, some of which are in philosophical opposition to the original brand! Totally different!"
The Humble Bundles did start with indie games, and one big selling point was the lack of DRM. The ebook and music bundles also had no DRM. Not only do these "big publisher" bundles have DRM, this particular one is also specifically promoting a DRM encumbered platform. That seems like a step backwards to me.
Having said that, I still bought this one. The donation to charity is another big aspect of the bundles that I like, and it's nice to see EA give their share.
Well, it's a bundle all right, but there is nothing humble about EA :) I'll wait for the next Humble Bundle, so I can buy more games I don't have time to play.
So much this. Virtually my entire Steam library, Civilization is the only exception I think, is from Humble Bundles, and I can count the games I've played through on no fingers.
(I love the soundtracks they often include, though. Those actually get some listening time.)
No problem with it being from big publishers.
Only on Origin though? Ayup, that's a dealbreaker.
They've changed focus - not all of their early bundles were labeled 'indie', but the ethos was there. I stopped caring about them when they started spamming weekly deals.
Still, 'humble' and 'EA' do not go together semantically.
It's humble in that they don't require you to pay the standard prices.