"Humble Monthly is Becoming...Humble Choice"

OP of that thread gave an explanation here, but unfortunately I do not know what the shortcut 'CK3' is supposed to stand for.. (?).

Does pausing a month count as cancelling?

Personally I dont think this is a problem unless they make it so you cant pause how many times you want in a row.

And to be fair, you get more games if you are classic. And I belive you can actually see all the games you will get even if you are classic, so if you dont like, you can just pause it.

1. They could have simply dropped the $12/month option entirely and only honored those who paid in advance. Instead they decided to grandfather in current subscribers at a lower price as long as they stay subscribed.
2. They provided an option for those who don't want all the games, or those who only want the Trove.
3. They added more games to the higher tiers
4. They're revealing all the games instead of only one or two. This is kinda big.
5. You can still pause whenever you like.

Honestly, I don't get the outrage.

If anything this change will only increase their profits. There is no way this move backfires them because of a bussiness prespective its much more profitable than the previous plan.

Any source on that number? The latest article I can find says they only have over 400,000
https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/339859/Humble_Monthly_now_has_over_400000_subscribers.php

It will backfire.

classic sales technique.

Well, you really have three options:
A - $$
B - $$$
C - $$$$$$$
Which do you prefer? finger pointing to B

That was my exact approach too. I would only ever buy a Monthly based on the strength of the revealed game(s), and considered everything else a bonus. Some months I had a great bonus with a few games from my wishlist, and other months the unlocks had nothing of interest and went up on SG.

While it removes the excitement and joy of finding that the unlocks are favorable, I much prefer knowing the games up front.

Yeah I agree on that. I've been pausing for months, literally because of unappealing/owned earlies and I missed a few games I would have liked but I'm going to be honest, if they had revealed the whole bundle right away, I would have still be pausing so it doesn't change much for me.

Now I'll wait and see how long they go before they announce you can't pause anymore. My money is on June. Or at least about 5-6 months into the Humble Choice launch, when they realize that they're not making their quotas.

Thats some really good news, i am waiting patiently to see when this new change will drop.

Interesting. I hope they don't mean they're going to get more Humble Originals because I'm a big no on that lol but if they do increase the quality, let's see. Waiting for the first bundle to make my decision.

I think they are playing with words though because it's not a curated list if you have to stay subscribed and get all 10 games every month to keep the old price. It would be if you could pick a different tier every month.

I will reserve judgment until we see what really happens. I am always skeptical, like when a food product is "new and improved" it usually means it tastes worse and is made with cheaper ingredients.

I imagine the thought of a half million keys potentially being out on the grey market scares away a lot of publishers. If we assume most HB buyers are honest people, given the choice of games they want might reduce the number of "unused" keys that wind up on reseller sites (and on SG).

And also when they start putting a handful of Epic Store games in each month, they can say "well, we're not forcing you to take those games, you must choose to take them!" :P

Nobody knows so if you got this bundle just pause if you dont want to spend anything until this new plan gets released.

i would be an active or paused sub before the end of this monthly.

My understanding is that you only have a few days to subscribe before the change. After that, Classic will no longer be an option. Someone from the other thread said that you could subscribe and immediately pause so you don't get charged for this month's bundle.

To be fair it's what, two months left? It's one or the other considering they're implementing the change this year.

same here

It's kind of the same as now, 12$ shared between potentially 6-8 devs/publishers and humble. It's a hefty discount even for a 8$ game, if they get like 1.4$ / copy.
fast edit: I mean it's still sounds like a bit more money for devs, but still very, very cheap games.

You're not factoring the money they make on DLC.
If they put a lot of games in the bundle that go deep on DLC, and if only 10% of subscribers buy the DLC after they get the game, that's a lot of money made. That's the whole reason why they still have a discount included in the bundle.

You dont get to pick 10 games. Depending on what kind of subscriber you are you have 10 games to choose from. The classic subscriber will get all 10.

+1

I just took a look at September's bundle, and the all time low price for the games ranges from $6.24 (Mothergunship) to $20 (Squad). Even if you ignore Squad, the prices are in the $6-10 range, with the cheapest 3 games adding up to $20.24.

So even at 3 indie games for $15, it's potentially a really good deal (25% off their all time low prices). And if you go for more expensive indie games, like Slay the Spire and Distance and Guacamelee 2, you're potentially getting an even better deal ($15 vs $28 at their all time low prices).

You're right, but if we can pause, then it's worth the chance that there's a bigger game that you want that tips the value. That's all I've been subbed for anyways.

Well that would be better than the model they are announcing, to me. Because the pick and mix thing, you get only the games you want.
With the new model, if you choose to exercize the "choice", you lose the classic plan price

I believe I read that if you're a current subscriber, you can re-subscribe for 12 months at $12 a month so long as your account stays active.

Instead of buying ~7 mystery games for $12 which you may or may not like, you get to pick 3 games for $15 or 9 games for $20.

Looking at September's bundle, the all time low price for Squad is $20, so getting Squad + 2 other games is already worth $15. Even if you picked the three cheapest indie games, you're still looking at $15 vs $20 at their all time low prices. So clearly there's value even at the 3 game tier.

But, hey, if you're a current subscriber then the only change is that you go from 6-8 mystery games for $12 to 10 games that you know up front for $12 - that's 2-4 additional games per month and you get to know all the games up front. That's a pretty good benefit.

Every month the Humble Bundle customer needs to manually opt-in to pause if the person does not want the new monthly bundle.

One would think so, otherwise I have a hard time imagining new subscribers that will pay 20€ for 9 games even if they can choose if they retain the same quality as HBM.

Then you're in luck because they already don't accept debit card payment :P

But you can activate direct debit from your bank account.