Humble Bundle Is Joining Forces with IGN

Re:Humble Bundle Is Joining Forces with IGN by minimaxir on Friday October 13, 2017 @03:30PM (#15468630)

The gaming forums are concerned about this announcement since IGN has a reputation for aggressive ads/branding, which is antithetical to Humble Bundle’s mission.

There is also a potential conflict-of-interest in a reviewing site owning a games publisher. (HB has published a few indie titles)

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Re:Humble Bundle Is Joining Forces with IGN by Hextinium on Friday October 13, 2017 @04:16PM (#15468926)

This combined with HB allowing games bought from their store to instead of donating to charity give 5% back as wallet makes me apprehensive that HB is drifting more and more from their ideal as raising money for charity.

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Re:Humble Bundle Is Joining Forces with IGN by nulagrithom on Friday October 13, 2017 @07:39PM (#15469893)

> We chose IGN because they really understand our vision, share our passion for games, and believe in our mission to promote awesome digital content while helping charity.

Vision, games, promotion, and lastly... charity.

Hmm, I think you may be right.

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Re:Humble Bundle Is Joining Forces with IGN by brador on Friday October 13, 2017 @05:21PM (#15469327)

Humble bundles "mission" ended when they took VC. Now it's finding an exit for the highest ROI.

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Re:Humble Bundle Is Joining Forces with IGN by axonic on Friday October 13, 2017 @04:06PM (#15468862)

I can't agree more.

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