bundles - why do you buy them?

Because they are cheap.

Gotta collect 'em all.

The answer is why not ? 10 games for 5€ should not be missed .

because they are cheap and contains many funny games and new game that i can try :D
i think i spent almost 25 dollars, not so much.

I buy bundles if there's one game I've really wanted or a bunch of games I've mildly wanted. No, I don't play half of them, but I do get to some of them eventually.

I buy bundles because I travel a lot for work. My netbook can't play AAA games, and while my ultrabook has a decent spec, the keyboard isn't great so the twitchy titles I usually favour on my PC at home don't feel right. I stock up on ultra-casual games and mess around with them when I'm away from home. A lot of them turn out to be rubbish, but some of them are OK, and I don't mind paying a few dollars to sample a bunch of titles - if even one of them is decent I've got my money's worth out of the bundle.

I only pick them up if they have enough that interest me, which seems to be about 20% of them. But even that 20% represents a very low financial cost for a large return. My Steam library has exploded as a result, to the point where I had to start sorting out my games.

There are still a few more games that I'd like to get (Wadeye Jet games and more of the Total War series), but there's not a whole lot that I'm actively seeking other than that. But I'll always keep an eye on bundles. For $1, I'm willing to try most anything that looks interesting with some good reviews.

I'm pretty much in the same boat as you - I found myself buying them just because they were cheap, when at best I wanted to play 1 or 2 games, and often none. I have the best track record with Humble Bundle as far as actually playing the games I buy, and I've cut way back on bundle buying this year.

I buy them so I can make giveaways!

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Actually I'm buying bundles only when they contain at least 1 title I'm sure I'll play. It's usually cheaper this way :D And the other games sometimes are good too ^^

I try to be selective with bundles for the most part. They are cheap so they're all tempting, but if I don't think I'm going to end up playing any of the games, then I usually pass. I'll certainly get them though if there are at least a couple games I might like.

I stopped buying them when i realized that i'm not going to play them and most of them are crap. Now i buy bundles only if i'm interested in those games.

I may be the odd one out there, but mostly I buy bundles for their often-included soundtracks. I collect video game soundtracks and it has been a blessing, because most of the time you'd only get the soundtrack from a collector's edition of some sort.

Of course I also enjoy the games, but if I am not particularly interested in the games, but all of them have soundtracks, then I will most likely buy it anyways. :)

because i need to prepare for world domination

Bundles you get lots of games for cheap. I often buy bundles for just one game I want, and then add all the others to my steam list to force myself to play games I wouldn't of otherwise

Bump for don't want to think about how much money I've spent buying things I'll never play... :)

Some are for the crazy discounts on big stuff, like the Humble THQ Bundle or the Alan Wake you mentioned. Or to get a bunch of "ok" games - maybe in a year when I try them all, I will discover there was a great game hiding in there. There may also have been a time where I bought a bundle just to make 90% of the giveaways disappear... :)

I buy Humble Bundles to build up my DRM-Free library. I just have a feeling that down the road, those will be the only PC games I have left to play. So there.

I buy almost all the Humble Bundles (and quite a few Humble Weekly Bundles). If I have any games duplicated, I chuck them onto SG. Someone will appreciate them, and I dont mind that they arent increasing my CV

Well, I do buy them when I see that there are interesting games. For example the last weekly HB - with Shank, Shank2, Eets - does not contain games I'm interested to, so I won't buy it. When I see a bundle that contains a few games I'm really interested to, I buy it and the other games either I play them or I gift them. :) And yes, at least some of those bucks go to charity, so they are well spent :)

I just cannot resist...must have all bundles

I buy bundles mainly to get them in my library but I will definitely try every game.

I end up playing my indie games more than the AAA games. I don't have time to sit down and play a massive game. But I usually have time for a small little indie game most of the time.

Unless it is FTL in which it is slowly starting to eat my soul.

I buy almost every bundle that has Steam games I don't already own. This is mostly because generally the bundles are dirt cheap, averaging out to something like 50 cents to a dollar per game. That's often going to be cheaper than buying even just 1 or 2 games from the bundle at 75% off. When you get games for that cheap, you really don't need to play them all that long to get your money's worth. If you even get half an hour of entertainment out of it, that's still damn good. You'd be surprised how many hidden gems you'll find in bundles, even games you wouldn't think you'd enjoy.

I get lots of extra bundle keys that I give to either my brother or friends in chat who don't happen to own the game. If I can't get rid of them that way, then I can always throw them up on SG as well. Make someone happy, get a few games I don't already own myself, save money. Everybody's happy :)