Humble Origin Bundle - Thats the reason?

Bought as many URLs as I could.

Because it is EA!

Ya cause the 7+ Million Dollars raised was totally for EA....

Ain't complaining about cheap games.

Regarding the bundle, I think that EA did a very smart thing there.
They are getting their PR up with this bundle, firstly because of the "good" games for low prices and secondly because the money goes to charity and not to EA.

But then again, I don't think that many people who have bought the bundle would have been potential buyers of the games via origin or
steam, meaning that either way EA wouldn't have gotten the money.
But now, they have more than a million new buyers of their games, while each game offers microtransactions and other DLC as a new income source for EA.

So in a way, this is being very profitable for EA, from a PR and a financial perspective. It is getting harder even for me to not forgive EA for their spyware Origin.

Yes, EA is an evil overlord. Now go study marketing and finance.

Games are only profitable for the first 6 months after their release, after which the revenue starts decreasing so putting AAA titles in a bundle and selling it for 1 or 5 bucks is really not a huge deal and it actually generated greater profit when you consider the fact that they've reached over 7 million USD.

All profits go to charity which is also a pretty nice move because it makes the company look good and draws in potential customers. Origin is also being promoted through this sale so it's a win-win for them. An excellent marketing strategy imo.

Maybe not let images speak for you

Stop complaining. You don't need to purchase the DLC, do you want that EA gives you his entire catalogue for $5?!

just for the information

SFAF.
Stock Gifts
You can donate any publicly traded stock, bond, or mutual fund to the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. This donation will entitle you to a tax deduction. Please consult your tax advisor, financial advisor, or estate planning attorney for tax deductibility information. To learn how to initiate a charitable securities transfer, contact us at 415-487-3092 or development (at) sfaf.org.

Watsi.
Is my donation tax deductible?
Yes. All donations are tax deductible in the U.S. After making a donation on Watsi, you will receive an official tax-deductible receipt at the email you provided.

HRC.
Is my donation to HRC tax-deductible?
All membership donations go to support the political work of the Human Rights Campaign, a 501(c)(4) organization. Since our work includes lobbying Congress, according to federal law, your gift can not be classified as tax deductible. For information about giving to the HRC Foundation through the Federal Club Council Program (Annual Gifts of $5,000 or more), please contact Issac Mason at 202-216-1508.

American National Red Cross.
I’m completing my taxes and need the mailing address and tax ID for the American Red Cross.
The mailing address and tax ID for the American Red Cross is:
American National Red Cross
2025 E St NW
Washington, DC 20006
Tax ID: 53-0196605

American Cancer Society.
Tax Reference and Forms
Following are tax forms and a copy of the American Cancer Society's tax exempt letter to assist you in structuring planned gift contributions.
https://www.cancer.org/involved/donate/otherwaystogive/plannedgiving/foradvisors/tax-reference-and-forms

EA is the bestest, that's why.

Yeah, they wanted some more origin customers. I hate EA and Origin, but I couldn't resist this bundle. So good move EA.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW

even when EA doing something good, well rarely, people still being a cunt.

good job people.

bf3: WORKING 10/10
paradise ultimate: problem with stereo channels, unusable menu 7/10
Crysis 2 : single work, problem with multi.9/10
Medal of Honor, sigle ok, multi - maps are too litte~!!!! Single 9/10, Multi 3/10
Dead Space 1 9/10 good one! :>
Dead Space 3 9.2/10 works all
Mirros Edge, stability 3/10 crash, glithes everywhere, game 10/10 (no competitionin by this gametype),
Sims 3 - Lancher: Error during loading, please check journal (somethink like dat, and version of sims 0.0.0.0 - 0/10 not work.

So... :>

4 Games are playable =)
dats all :>

i think maybe they add more games

Shush now, you've bought 200$ worth of games (maybe more) for just 1 buck. And seriously, would you even buy Sims dlc? Unless you're a huge fan of the series, I see no one forcing you to buy the 20 or so dlcs just to "have them there just in case", so shush now.

Am I the only one that doesn't hate EA?
Yeah, they release too many expensive DLCs and they fucked up Mass Effect 3's original ending, but I don't understand how they can be nominated "the worst company of the USA"...
And I actually find Origin to be more atractive in terms of the UI than Steam.

What I think? I think people should stop freaking crying like a little babies. Really, they gave us a great bundle and you complain? just WTF? after the money? hurr durr, they are so evil, they are the only company after money, all those developers with bundles till now weren't after money, hurr durr.

Funniest part is that it's the ONLY bundle that gives all money only to charity and humble bundle, and it's the only bundle people complain about being greedy. Buying DLCs? yeah sure, majority of people will obviously buy the DLCs rolls eyes. And what stops EA taking at least some sum of the sales? it doesn't help them in any way that they don't take a penny from all this. And yet you insist to complain how greedy they are being with the bundle.

This so frustrating, all this blind hating, assholes that's what people are . . . and the best part that most of those people who hating on it still buying the bundle. :|

Who cares why they made it?

I think that if you do not like EAs practices then you should not buy the Humble Origin Bundle. I don;t care that all money goes to charity or a friend bought it for you. Just don't play their games.

There's a freaking difference between DLC and fucking expansions. Sims and BF 3 has expansions not some fucking "DLCs". EA has the best practice involving DLCs and expanions and such out of most of big companies.

ahuehuehue

i think that no1 is forcing anybody to buy hob

Be happy that you can get the games on the bundle for the price you can. In all truth its doubtful to me that people will be suddenly wanting all the dlc for those games they just got. I can see it happening for some, but the majority wont.

Think the main reason for them doing this though is that they do not see themselves making all that much profit with the games they listed for the bundle, so they are ok with it going into a bundle for charity. The majority of the people who would have bought these games would have done so already. At least that is probably what they are thinking. Besides that this does help their PR problem a little.

The $1 deal games+bonuses don't really have necessary DLC. EA isn't even getting money from the sales alone. The Sims 3 Starter Pack already includes a decent amount of DLC to get one started.

Jeez, EA has been a pretty shitty company for a while, but that doesn't mean that everything they do is wrong, they did a good thing for everyone this time around, in fact a GREAT thing: EA gets its Origin platform going (which is pretty clearly the objective for the game), us gamers get a ton of games for a ridiculously cheap price and for fuck's sake, 7 million dollars have gone to charity! Well, not really 7 million but since the default split is 85% charity, 15% humble tip it's most likely close to that.
So again, EA gets Origin started, we get a 98% discount in some great games and again, for fuck's sake, 7 million dollars have gone to charity. Add those up (or just the last two) and it's clear that whoever says this is malevolent, wrong or something akin to that, is talking out of their ass and just being plain stupid. Jeez, haters gonna hate have never more true.

nobody cares! Good games at good prices, while nobody is forcing you to buy the DLC.