So just bought the Team 17 Humble Bundle and it appears they now have you tie your Steam account directly to HB instead of just giving the keys. For some this may be a great time-saver, but I think it's a bummer as I always used the extra keys and put them in my kid's steam account. But I guess I understand since this will probably just end up being more sales for them...
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Humble Bundle now tying Steam account - no Steam keys
It might just be for those games or it might also be to incentive more people to buy he bundles instead of begging for keys on the boards.
Ahhh, lame. That'd probably affect my buying decision on occasion, being able to give away the extra codes is one of the reasons I liked those packs. If I want and don't own most of the games, that's one thing, but when I'm just trying to get at two or three of the titles being able to give away the rest was my main incentive to buy there.
Why are they doing this as anything other than an option, is it just a straight up "we're removing options from our customers because we think it might make them buy more?"
Ahhh, lame. That'd probably affect my buying decision on occasion, being able to give away the extra codes is one of the reasons I liked those packs. If I want and don't own most of the games, that's one thing, but when I'm just trying to get at two or three of the titles being able to give away the rest was my main incentive to buy there.
Why are they doing this as anything other than an option, is it just a straight up "we're removing options from our customers because we think it might make them buy more?"
There are sites that resell steam keys that they get from Bundles. It would help stop that too.
@katimanic: Yeah, I suppose given how the Bundle is set up, I can see how that might be a problem. Still sucks for those of us who weren't abusing the system, however. I get that they are running a business, however.
Why are they doing this as anything other than an option, is it just a straight up "we're removing options from our customers because we think it might make them buy more?"
Thinking about them as "customers" seems like the wrong idea to start with. Humble Bundle is meant to raise money for charity first, devs second, and itself third. You're not a customer when you buy a bundle, it's more like a donation, where you just happen to get tons of great games as a thank you gift. That's why some people spend thousands on the exact same stuff you can get for a fuckin dollar.
Whatever they can do to raise more money for good causes, shouldn't really be frowned on.
How is Worms Revolution, by the way? I used to enjoy the Worms series tremendously. The last one I played was Worms World Party (which was a sort-of updated version of Worms 3). I tried some of the later ones, but they didn't manage to grab me as much as the first ones did. Have they gotten any better?
Looks like they made an official statement about it. And at least they were perfectly honest about why they did it, which is what we assumed was the reason anyway. Bummer that they had to go this route with it but I completely understand with all of the abuse going on.
http://blog.humblebundle.com/post/65643651960/now-its-easier-to-add-games-to-your-steam-library
Aren't these games DRM free anyway? What's to stop someone from just giving his friend an exe. Good on them to stop the key reselling though, it got really bad during the EA bundle.
Aren't these games DRM free anyway? What's to stop someone from just giving his friend an exe. Good on them to stop the key reselling though, it got really bad during the EA bundle.
You thought that was bad? There were scum buying bundles for $0.01 and selling them full price via paypal in the first 4-5 bundles or so.
I suppose they had to draw the line somewhere. The quality of the deals that the humble bundle group routinely offers is still unparalleled.
That's a shame, but I get why they'd do it. Still, it was nice to give those extra keys to friends and family.
hasn't interest started flagging in the bundles?
i think they shouldn't have put them out as frequently as they do. kinda ruins the allure/mystique about them.
@ripelivejam: The bigger problem for me is that the "main" numbered bundles have so many repeated games lately.
Good, this should have happened a lot sooner.
And to those complaining about not being able to gift extra keys to friends, is it really such a big deal to spend another 3-5 dollars for another set as a gift purchase to do that if you really wanted to?
With the Origin bundle i was able to activate both versions of codes Steam/Origin for those games so maybe its also part of that and as u mentioned not selling 2nd copies to people thus saving them money?
What i find odd tho is you paid for that key so why should it matter if you already have it on steam. That key is YOURS to do what u want with.
What i find odd tho is you paid for that key so why should it matter if you already have it on steam. That key is YOURS to do what u want with.
I guess what you have to realize that Humble Bundle does this mainly for charity. It was nice being able to pick up spare keys on forums, or giving them to friends or family, but with this new system, more money will be able to go to Humble Bundle. It's really not that bad, these are ~5$ bundles. It's not much to ask for a bundle of good games. I'll be sad to see keys go, but I guess it's for the greater good.
I would rather have seen them set a minimum price.
Yes it's for charity, but if I am pledging money on a bundle, it is with the expectation of getting exactly what I paid for
I'd like to be given the choice of activating the game on my Steam account or putting it in my inventory so I can gift it to someone. That would still stop resellers and solve everyone's problems, wouldn't it?
Well, they've changed the policies again. Now, if you already own a game you're given a special Humble Bundle link that will allow another Humble Bundle user to redeem that game, I assume through their own linked Steam profile.
As it happens...
Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes - https://www.humblebundle.com/gift?key=6bhAFXE6dVbmYXAd
The Whispered World - https://www.humblebundle.com/gift?key=cdEaABVdTHsfXHDZ
Well, they've changed the policies again. Now, if you already own a game you're given a special Humble Bundle link that will allow another Humble Bundle user to redeem that game, I assume through their own linked Steam profile.
As it happens...
Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes - https://www.humblebundle.com/gift?key=6bhAFXE6dVbmYXAd
The Whispered World - https://www.humblebundle.com/gift?key=cdEaABVdTHsfXHDZ
Hey thats cool. Keep the status quo on users and weeds out the scum.
Also I redeemed Edna and harvey, since I was just checking it out and going "I never get one of these, usually someone has snapped it up." turns out no. Ill check it out.
@mlarrabee said:
Well, they've changed the policies again. Now, if you already own a game you're given a special Humble Bundle link that will allow another Humble Bundle user to redeem that game, I assume through their own linked Steam profile.
I honestly didn't have a problem with them completely doing away with the key sharing. I've always found it crazy the way that some people beg for keys that they could get by just donating a few dollars to charity.
That being said, I guess this is a decent compromise that cuts off the resellers that were profiting from reselling the keys.
Well, they've changed the policies again. Now, if you already own a game you're given a special Humble Bundle link that will allow another Humble Bundle user to redeem that game, I assume through their own linked Steam profile.
As it happens...
Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes - https://www.humblebundle.com/gift?key=6bhAFXE6dVbmYXAd
The Whispered World - https://www.humblebundle.com/gift?key=cdEaABVdTHsfXHDZ
Grabbed The Whispered World cus I wanted to see how this new system worked. Thanks duder. Now I feel sorta bad about it.
So here's a key for F.E.A.R. 2:
https://www.humblebundle.com/gift?key=saxapassWttCSxck
I'm not so sure how this is a deterrent for resellers though. It does advertise the Humble Bundle in every link though, so maybe that's how they'll lessen reselling.
@chaser324: I just like giving extra keys to some of my friends when I already have the game. Heck, sometimes getting a gift from a Bundle will convince me to go get one myself and pass on a gift too. I also just think it'd be a waste of a key, unless they can recycle them somehow.
Though I do think that resellers suck and beggars are annoying.
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