Humble Bundle Will Not Be Offering Steam Keys Anymore

Yes, you heard us at AGR correctly. Due to the fact that a lot of people who used to take advantage of the Steam key system that Humble Bundle has used over the years, it looks like a new system has come into play to stop the abuse.

[SuperBlur]

" when you buy a bundle you’ll be requested for your Steam ID and password to link the bundle directly with your user account."

I guess it's an okay alternative. Sucks i won't be able to gift any bundle anymore

[Bladesfist]

There is a gift button now so yes you can still gift.

[SuperBlur]

yes , now . not in the future i'm afraid

[SonyNGP]

^
Don't be stupid. All they did was streamline the redemption process (from copy/pasting keys to clicking a link that adds the game directly to your account). Gifting is no different. Click the present, nab the link, and give it to your friend.

EDIT: http://support.humblebundle...

[abradley]

You can gift a whole bundle to anybody you like, but you can't gift an individual game found within a bundle.

It would be nice if any games you already owned could be added to your steam inventory but as far as I know, that isn't in place at the moment.

[Bladesfist]

@abradley You can still gift individual games, they just changed how it works. Now you click a gift icon...

[Gster]

Mercy triumphs over judgement!

[CandyFace]

Well thanks shitty selfish scums! No more game giveaway, no sharing and loss of games and such... ;_;

[SonyNGP]

>Calling a charity "sh!tty selfish scums"

@BiggCMan

My bad. I thought he was referring to the Humble Bundle and not those who're reselling. D'oh >_<

[BiggCMan]

He is clearly talking about the people who are taking advantage of the charity by selling the game keys for higher prices once they buy them cheap. Read the article.

[CandyFace]

As BiggCMan said, i'm talking about the people who are taking advantage of the bundle and sell cd-keys for higher prices, that has absolutely nothing to do with charity, please go and read the article.

[Moncole]

Lots of people got the bundle for 1$ and sold them. If anyone is selfish its those people.

[WeAreLegion]

Wait... How are they taking advantage of it? I don't get it.

[BiggCMan]

Read the article....

[abradley]

As I said in the article. People are buying bundles and than selling the games individually to make a profit. Remember, a lot of these bundles can be had for a couple pennies as the minimum and you'll get 3-4 game keys that can be used any time you like.

Easy money for some but that puts charities out of money, as they probably didn't get a sincere and decent donation. The developers and the Humble team all suffer too.

[Boozehound]

Very misleading title.

[abradley]

How so? No keys are offered any more and the games will be sent directly to your steam account unless you wish to gift them, which I have yet to confirm.