Humble Bundle used to only be known for selling game bundles for a discounted price, but I recently found out they now have a regular storefront and let you buy games individually!
YSK Humble Bundle has a game store for GOG and Steam keys, which uses its profits for charity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa8IJVAaum8
7 Comments
mosiacmango@lemm.ee · 69 pts · 1y
You should also know they were bought a couple years back by IGN, and have drastically increased the minimum "tip" amount in bundles that you give them while also hiding the sliders more. Instead of being the $1 of old humble, its now $7.50.
They also changed the choice discount you get on their direct store to slowly ramp up to 20% only when you stay subscribed for 12 months straight. It resets to 0% if you pause a month. The 20% off also has random exclusions, so it just doesn't apply, or applies at some lesser rate at their whim.
Its not a bad site, but it's slowly enshittifying a hallowed name in gaming.
junkthief@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 17 pts · 1y
Very good points!! I hope people realize these things- not to dissuade them from using it entirely, heck I still like it as a store and I’m glad it still donates something to charity- but i also think it’s important to recognize that it is definitely NOT the entity it once was
helpmyusernamewontfi@lemmy.today · 12 pts · 1y
Darn! Thank you
Kualdir@feddit.nl · 11 pts · 1y
Do note if you buy a bundle you need to adjust the sliders to give more than 10% to charity.
Store and choice only give a tiny amount to charity
It'd be better to buy from a cheaper key seller like greenmangaming (or any store at isthereanydeal, or key resellers which is less moral but more savings at allkeyshops) and donating 50% of the price difference to charity.
madame_gaymes@programming.dev · 8 pts · 1y
They also straight up publish indies themselves, too!
https://www.humblegames.com/
eta: see next comment. turns out a CEO destroyed this, too.
madjo@feddit.nl · 8 pts · 1y
Except the team behind that suddenly got laid off last year. It was so sudden that developers were left in uncertainty because their contact person suddenly disappeared.
https://venturebeat.com/games/humble-games-layoffs-shut-down-ziff-davis/
madame_gaymes@programming.dev · 4 pts · 1y
Godamnit Ziff. Thanks for that, had no idea. Fucking tired of useless c-suite executives.