Which they have done before now, and will continue to do after. You seem to assume that these are brand new games being rolled out with this pricing scheme - all of them are over a year old, some 3 or 4 years. Do you really believe that they would make the same amount by continuing to sell old indie games at their own prices and without a buzz-generating promotion?
Re:The Humble Indie Game Bundle
by steveklabnik on Tuesday May 04, 2010 @04:52PM
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It can't be a poor valuation of work, unless you subscribe to a labor theory of value. Our current economic system does not.
Things are only worth what people will pay for them.
Re:The Humble Indie Game Bundle
by benologist on Tuesday May 04, 2010 @05:11PM
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That's true, except the bit where there's plenty of evidence to support the theory that people are willing to pay more than a dollar and change for a game.
Re:The Humble Indie Game Bundle
by steveklabnik on Tuesday May 04, 2010 @05:13PM
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But you don't know if these people would or not. Also, I've payed $50 for a game in the past, but I'm not sure that I would any more.
Re:The Humble Indie Game Bundle
by benologist on Tuesday May 04, 2010 @05:27PM
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These people maybe not... but how does that matter? The 6,000 people that bought the pack are just a tiny portion of the gaming market.
The sad part is it'll be celebrated as a victory because they'll gross a lot of money and it's "money they wouldn't otherwise have" ... unless they set their own price and reached a tiny fraction of the consumers that'll buy their games today.