I'd like to know how much do people usually pay for bundled games.

Do you pay minimum $1, do you go for at least average or are you generous and pay more than average (how much)?

I personally bought only 2 bundles in my life, one was Humble Indie Bundle 6 and I went for BTA. The other one was recent Darksiders and Red Faction bundle for which I paid only $1 because I didn't have much money on my credit card at that time.

I felt bad and cheap for doing that and I probably won't be doing it again. I think people should pay more if they can afford it, developers that allow their games to be sold for so little deserve support (as opposed to most AAA developers nowadays).

What are your thoughts?

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Minimum possible to get a game I don't own, and I'm not ashamed to admit it. I buy EVERY bundle that comes out too, so I probably put more into indie games in general than most buyers. There is usually a very good reason that bundle games are being offered for so low, either age or quality, but I'll basically buy any game with a Steam code for sub $5.

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More than 1 $

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BTA most of the time. Rarely paid $1, may be a couple of times. Used to pay as high as $20 at one time.

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Buy: Most bundles with several Steam keys I don't have.
Pay: BTA rounded up to nearest quarter, or interpolate between BTA and 0 based on # of keys I will use and total # of games in bundle. Normally default split.
I now Group Buy the IG bundles, but get several to give to friends who don't usually get bundles.

I mainly see bundles as a way to collect games in case I want to play them later or friends want to coop in them. There are also some games I sink many hours into.
14 Indie Royale (4 with music), 6 Groupees, 4 Bundle Stars, 13 Humble, ~4 IG

I was watching when the Blendo Humble Weekly went online. It started at $6, but despite a few early $50 and $25 buys (which are influential with <100 purchases), the price quickly went down to $4. About 15 minutes in it bottomed at ~$3.11, but then the people "overpaying" the minimum BTA started to outweigh all the low buyers. Seems to me that there are probably some people on both ends (buying high and low) who want to be there at the start to influence the price in their direction.

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BTA rounded up + $1 even if i dont want the bta games

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Usually depends on the bundle.

For example, a lot of Humble Bundles, I usually have 90% of the games, but I like to support the site and get the soundtracks or little bonuses. Also Humble Bundles games aren't supposed to be given away individually.

Other times I just buy the upper minimum, buy way more copies and then gift them.

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Rounded up from whatever value they ask to include everything in the bundle.

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Also this.

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I normally go for the minimum BTA price. The only exception is when I don't want the BTA games, so then I will occasionally just pay the $1. However, that scenario has only happened once.

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average

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I vary wildly. Not so wildly as to ever pay more than $1 past BTA though.

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Depends on the bundle. For the main Humble Bundles I BTA, even if it ends up costing more than just separately buying the BTA games on sale somewhere else, because I like what they do. With the Android bundles, I originally BTA, until I realized I was spending far more on games than I should be, and not playing enough. Other bundles I only buy if they have games that interest me, so I naturally BTA when it unlocks games that I want. Otherwise it just depends on how much I feel the games are worth to me.

In the future, though, I do hope to BTA every bundle I buy, just to show my gratitude.

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The Humble Bundles have the added advantage of being DRM-Free, so really they're worth more than their counterparts sold through Steam.

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really depends on the bundle

if I only want the below average 1-2 dollars depending on how much I want them, if I want BTA I will pay up to 2 above average depending on the titles(I don't make to much so I can't be very spendy with my money(if I made more I would certainly pay more.. and make a million terraria giveaways :P))

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Closed 11 years ago by sublime2k.