Well, yeah, they increased the average price that way, obviously. Nothing artificial or immoral about that, though (except for really weird definitions of artificial).

Typical gaming forums bullshit right there. Those paranoid entitled whiners, always the same …

I'd argue it's actually pretty immoral/unreasonable. I know it's still a great deal, but the average price they're showing is for the bundle we can buy + an extra game. They're effectively equating the two bundles by using a joint average, and I wouldn't be surprised if it's actually illegal.

What the fuck? Yeah, gamers and their laser-brains. Where everything is always illegal and you are entitled to everything. And refunds, refunds, refunds.

That is artificial by any definition, but people use artificial techniques to increase profit all the time. Not any more a big deal than it ever is, in fact less because those profits go to charity.

The definition of artificial (implying it being negative or immoral) is what makes no sense. Everything about all of that is always artificial. All the rules are artificial. The distinction between artificial and not artificial cannot determine whether this is ok or not.

So at the worst case scenario, you were paying $8 for a $50 bundle instead of $10 for a $65 bundle. And of course, in either scenario you can still get 4 games for about $1.

Is this really worth outrage?

"Value" and "willingness-to-pay" are different concepts.

...and what exactly would be wrong with that? Worst case scenario the BTA price goes to $10 assuming you're buyer 1001 and everyone else bought the $10 pack. You still get a heck of a deal.

In some cases, the processing took longer than a minute (e.g. PayPal), so they missed the window. The argument is that the buyer would not have otherwise paid $10 for the bundle if it didn't have Starbound. (to be fair, HB apparently has been offering refunds in this case)

Starbound is awesome. Are there really that many who can afford $10 but not $15?

It's not the affording bit. There's three classes of people in this bundle:

1) Paid for Starbound and got it

2) Paid for Starbound a minute late and did not get it, may get a refund

3) Paid for Starbound, or the price defined by Starbound, after Starbound was removed from the bundle

People are understandably annoyed by this -

http://www.reddit.com/r/GameDeals/comments/1un5s3/introducin...

Or you could buy for $1 and then on the second week increase your amount with just the needed to get bonus + above the average games.

Incidentally, Humble Bundle locks the BTA price needed to upgrade your Bundle at time of purchase, so it's in your interest to wait.

You comment caused me to pay $25.