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Humble Bundle Choice raising prices, 14.99 USD per month or 154.99 USD annual. (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
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Just got this notification from Humble about another price increase.

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[–] 71 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

That's about a 40% increase in the amount I have been paying for years without fail, partially at the threat of if I cancel, I lose my grandfathered pricing.

And frankly the quality of the bundles has been dropping for a while.

I guess I finally cancel then. What a silly way to lose business

Edit: and cancelled, happy there was a text box for me to tell them why I'm gone. 8 years of paying monthly apparently

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  • [–] 34 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I’m surprised you lasted this long on it I stopped 5+ years ago because of lacklustre offerings. It used to be so awesome :(

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  • [–] 27 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    There was the odd diamond in the rough, but I agree it has been getting increasingly worse.

    Weirdly enough I was staying subscribed because if I quit I'd lose my current price for good. Makes no difference now

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Yup. Though I've been pausing more and more lately. The months where I already own the games because I loved them are ones that I can't blame them for. But there's been plenty that I just wasn't interested in.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    I also cancelled some time ago when I found out the risk of losing my "classic bundle" benefits was nonsense because Humble Bundle had already eliminated those benefits for everyone. Added to this, they charged me for a few bundles even though I had specifically paused because I was not interested in what was offered. From time to time they do offer pretty sweet deals though, but I don't see the point of keeping a subscription there anymore.

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  • [+] -11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    They aren't losing business if it costs them money to have you as a customer

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago*

    They are losing business, because revenue goes down.

    They will negotiate the prices they pay publishers for a set of keys to use in humble choice to mean they get their 15% cut of the revenue. If a publisher sets the price too high, they'll go elsewhere until they can get their margin.

    If they lose ~25% of their subscribers over a ~40% price hike, they will be right back where they started in terms of profit—which is a place where they would consider hiking the price and losing customers.

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