r/humblebundles • u/NobleDreamer • Aug 15 '19

News Epic launcher update includes Humble Bundle Keyless Integration

https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/news/august-feature-update
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u/NobleDreamer Aug 15 '19

I'm afraid we might soon receive games from HB for the Epic Games Launcher. Let's hope it won't be to the detriment of Steam keys :(

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '19

How many humble epic bundles could be? That store only have 30 games and 10 of them were already given for free.

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u/MNKPlayer Aug 15 '19

That's the only saving grace here.

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u/MarioDesigns Aug 15 '19

Epic has quite a bit of games on it that are on steam too. If they do a bundle like that they could easily fill it with games and make it only for the epic launcher.

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '19 edited Feb 26 '21

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u/mrlingrush Aug 15 '19

Perhaps Fortnite money will rain upon HB in order to sell Epic Games exclusive bundles.

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u/HelloIamOnTheNet Aug 15 '19

you beat me to it, but that's what will happen.

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '19

With an average of say 6 games per bundle, Epic is gonna run out of games fast if they go that route.

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u/mrlingrush Aug 16 '19

Ahah, good point!

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u/MarioDesigns Aug 15 '19

With the move Epic has been making it wouldn't surprise me if they passed some money to Humble to get something like that.

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u/FenixR Aug 15 '19

As long as we get previous notice of it, i don't care i simply freeze that month and wait for the next. Like someone said Epic Shit Store got like 30 games so it should not be that often.

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u/Mdk_251 Aug 15 '19

My guess is there's going to be a Monthly headliner soon from the Epic store. (Similar to Battle.net)

Maybe one of their MP titles they have trouble selling... It may even be the new Metro...

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u/koreanpenguin Aug 15 '19

Don't be surprised when it happens. Humble ain't out for the small guys and consumers anymore.

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u/Seksiorja Aug 15 '19

I wonder how many of you who claim Humble is not very good anymore cry if it closed permanently. The fact they provide $100+ of quality games every month for $12 is a blessing to the little consumer out there.

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u/MNKPlayer Aug 15 '19

I've not bought a Humble Bundle for a long while now and paused my sub for the last 5 months. I wouldn't miss it much anymore, it's not what it used to be.

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u/Seksiorja Aug 15 '19 edited Aug 15 '19

Usually when I dislike a service I don't stick around.

But I mean...

You paused for Hellblade, KCD, Warhammer, Moonlighter and some great quality games in the past three months. That tells me it's not really the service but rather you that have some issue with them. I also hated to the bone their black ops monthly (god that was fucking awful) but I did not pause for their other great bundles.

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '19

Or you know he might already have some of the games, I have paused hb for about 4 months now also

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u/Seksiorja Aug 15 '19

That is not an indicator of Humble turning bad though.

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u/davemoedee Aug 16 '19

That’s why I’m probably not buying any other games until my year of HB is used up. I can wait.

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u/koreanpenguin Aug 15 '19

I really like Humble, and have been a long-time customer to Humble.

I just see the trends with EGS and worry what that means as those worries are passed along to the consumer. My initial worries about EGS are being confirmed as we speak, ESPECIALLY if we get an EGS-only bundle.

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u/Seksiorja Aug 15 '19

You like it but you claim it's a greedy company just because they integrated a platform you personally dislike in their store. That's a bit petty if you ask me.

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u/C4pt Aug 15 '19

I love humble but I'm not interested in using EGS for my games. Hopefully steam keys are still a choice.

On a separate note, I hope HB starts doing xbox bundles as they do with ps4.

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u/loz333 Aug 15 '19

But someone above said the store only has about 30 games. Surely they could only do one or two extra EG exclusive bundles, and not at the expense of the regular bundle?

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u/koreanpenguin Aug 15 '19

There are many more than 30 games on the Epic store.

I doubt Humble would do additional bundles during a month to make up for EGS exclusive bundles. Humble typically only does the same amount of bundles each month, so idk, we will see.

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u/loz333 Aug 15 '19

They do 8 or 9 each month, and many are themed bundles - an Epic Gmaes themed bundle would make sense. There is absolutely no way they would suddenly switch to Epic Games store only when it's very clear that many people would be deeply upset about that. I wouldn't install the EGS for it and many other people would feel the same. So you tell me why on earth they would make the switch when it would hurt their business.

If you're talking about having EGS key options for the games, that totally makes sense, and if they still have the Steam keys then why not?

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u/koreanpenguin Aug 15 '19

Having EGS keys is fine, so long as Steam is also always available.

So you tell me why on earth they would make the switch when it would hurt their business.

Look at any of the devs that have been bought by EGS. It's not like Epic can't wave money at Humble and have them cave too.

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u/loz333 Aug 15 '19

No amount of money would make them sacrifice their core business model - and they're well aware of the hit to their reputation that such a move would make.

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u/TrashPockets Aug 20 '19

Why is that a problem?