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speedyskier22

Do Humble Bundle BTA prices generally get more expensive or less expensive as the bundle gets closer to finishing?
Not trying to be a penny pincher here, but I was just wondering.

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Nezarn

if a lot of people buy 1$ bundle, bta price go up i think

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speedyskier22

Actually if more people buy the $1, the average will get lowered.

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Xygon

wow such logic, bta = beat the average

if many people buy 1$ the average will sink

that's why they make you pay more than average (to get the average up)

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Shanti

Indieroyale works the opposite way I think, if people pay more than average, the average price drops :p

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speedyskier22

Oh that's interesting. So it's like the purchasers get rewarded for contributing more money.

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Shanti

Well the people who actually bought it at the higher price don't lol, but everyone after that does :)

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speedyskier22

True, haha

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TheGannet

thats how some other sites do it. indiegala, that one with the stars, ect.

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Peroxide

False, it's a true average.

Total payments: $1,341,141.96
Number of purchases: 297,315
Average purchase: $4.51

1340890.65/297,315=4.51084526512285

Everyone rushes to buy it when it first comes out so it drops quickly, then as people buy the BTA it climbs back up.

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TheGannet

also theres always a spike really early. don't be the guy that complains 'the bta was $10 at the start and now its down to 3 and change, why'd I buy it'

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ABoss

Differs, seen it go up and down. This one, so far only has been raising.

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DarkyHBK

The big Humble Bundles (not the weekly ones) have a flexible BTA price. That means that the BTA price starts with a custom value and goes up or down, depending on the average of the prices paid by the subsequent buyers. If a lot of people buy the 1$ value, the BTA will go down, as the average price paid will go down. If prices paid for the bundle are usually high, BTA goes up.

From my own experience, Bundles start cheapest, and get marginally more expensive (maybe around $1 more) in the following hours. A trend of prices is then established, and each buy will have less effect on the BTA, so it won't change that much. Bottom line, get the bundle in around half an hour after it's been on for the best BTA deal.

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