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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  • [–] 37 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I haven't bought a single bundle since IGN took over.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    They run good deals on audio books and Pathfinder material every once in a while. Otherwise, yeah, been a while since I saw a game bundle that was worth the money.

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

    I forgot this company existed when they got rid of 'pay what you want for the actually good games'

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  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago

    Yup. I understood when they made the $1 minimum but pay what you what has basically been fraud for years now, ever since they started locking games behind an actual price. It's just a bundle sale, and it's not humble anymore

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    I never understood why someone would stay subscribed to it. Like just get it when there's something you want from it that month and then cancel.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    The 20% discount on purchases is very nice, though the monthly offerings are extremely hit-or-miss. I’m not sure I’ll stay subscribed at this price, though. The value of the subscription is simply too unpredictable.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    The 20% discount is completely theoretical. Very few games, if any, were discountable that low

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    I use it about once every two months. Most recently, Clair Obscur.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    it was 6% off with max discount for everyone else though

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    The only relevant part. I hate when they bury news like this inside a couple of paragraphs of guff.

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  • [+] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago

    I cancelled my subscription as soon as I got the email. Apparently I've been subscribed since January 2017. It used to be worth it back then, but I probably should have canceled after they changed it to choice. I can't remember the last time I played a game from it

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

    Are they still overselling their bundles so they're aren't enough keys to redeem if you purchased it? I see that practice as being fraudulent.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    Oh great, another reason for me to not subscribe. Humble bundle stopped being so humble like a decade ago

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    The bundles have been pretty lackluster for a while now. Will this increase their quality?

    i doubt it, but let's see.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Man, maybe I should just cancel, I've been on this since the first one, back when it was $12, and I've got a 1500+ line document full of games I have for friends to pick birthday presents, and I use the 20% discount a lot, but I don't think I'm getting the full subscription price for ff 14 out of this.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Did they not just do this for the month of June? Or perhaps it has been a staggered rollout and they first increased the prices in Canada.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Unless its quality goes up and it's the best bundle we've seen in years, we should all just cancel and show them that's not ok.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I never saw a reason to buy the choice subscription. I just get the bundles i am interested in, and save money.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    You know? This might be the excuse I need to finally end my subscription. I've way too many games already.

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