Humble Bundle's revoked Indiana Jones keys it gave away for free (even if it's in your library)

A friendly reminder that you don't own anything on Steam.

[anast]

People will defend Steam and award Steam for this behavior by giving them more money.

[DankSinatra]

Man, the fact that you guys are saying this shit when it's been this was THE WHOLE TIME is ridiculous. It's not their fault you didn't read their terms of service. This is just people bitching now that it's being announced out loud.

[anast]

People are stupid. You proved my point.

[UltimateOwnage]

Yep, because this has nothing to do with them. HB obviously didn’t want to pay Valve and the Publisher for all the accidental free copies. Trying to keep them when they “gave them away” in error would be theft.

[anast]

Theft is a huge stretch here...

[DankSinatra]

If your point was that people are stupid, then you proved your own point. If you're not capable of reading a terms of service then you set yourself up for failure. Nothing has changed for the past 20 years. Get over yourself oh mighty keyboard warrior.

[anast]

"Get over yourself oh mighty keyboard warrior."

Pot meet kettle. This proves my point even more...

[DankSinatra]

Again, you keep proving your own point bud.

[mkis007]

Saying that any and all arguments against your position proves your point, is not having a point. Steam has been pretty proactive about fairness. I wouldnt be surprised if this solves itself before it's an actual issue outside of people's heads.

[anast]

This can't be real...I mean is it actually real?

[DankSinatra]

That you hold an opinion that's backed by personal feelings and not facts? Yes

[Miacosa]

Makes sense as everyone knows the game was just released and was meant to be full price. Not necessary but it would have been nice to offer those people a 10-15% discount on the purchase of the game.

[Amplitude]

If GameStop accidentally marked a new release as a 25 cent game and I bought it, I'd get to keep it.

Keys should not be revocable especially if they've been redeemed. If Humble messed up, they should have to pay for the keys. That seems like common sense for incompetency. Otherwise they can theoretically just keep doing it to profit from the free advertising around major game releases.

Rare L from Valve here.

[Amplitude]

@disagrees:
Interested to hear your take if you wanna comment?

[UltimateOwnage]

How rare this has happened is testament to how unusual the circumstance is that Valve took this approach. It was a “brand new” $70 game release. If something seems way too good to be true there is usually a catch. This accident was beyond the pale, and proves Valve also takes a position to backup publishers and resellers as much as they do consumers. It should be fair for all parties whenever possible.

Now if they wanted to do something nice to the folks who felt ripped off by losing a free game they didn’t pay a penny for, they could offer a bonus 10% discount code.

[EvilCalvin]

Wow….10%

[Inverno]

While you can certainly keep it forever don't think there aren't consequences for buying something physical that has been marked the wrong price. And once a store catches wind of their mistakes they usually make sure to tell the customer and they certainly won't let ya take a brand new game for 25 cents. I'm all for being able to own my digital purchases, and I will have no problem pirating if they were to restrict my access to the games I own but this is hugely different. Confusing ownership and revoking what was given for free accidentally ain't helping the argument in favour of ownership and preservation.

[Popsicle]

Inverno I worked in retail manager many moons ago. This was in the US and I am sure laws vary based on Country, State, Province, etc. That said, If you mark a physical item (even if it’s a mistake), it is unlawful to sell it at a different price than the marked price. It is considered false advertising and was put in place as a consumer protection.

On a side note, the sad thing is, I used to have customers come in the store and move price tags or signage to try and take advantage of false advertising laws. It was maddening. So glad to be out of retail. lol!

[Knushwood Butt]

I was literally in a store today and I went specifically just to get a jar of marmalade. The variety I wanted was suddenly about 40% more expensive than the last time I bought it a couple of months ago. As such I opted for for different variety that's more expensive, but was no longer much more expensive due to the massive price hike on the other. Went to pay and the lady said it was about 20% more than the price on the shelf. I told her that so she went to check, came back and said the pricing on the shelf was wrong and the price has gone up.
Pretty sure that from my English law studies, store pricing is called an 'invitation to treat', and the owners don't have to stick to it.
1,250 Yen for a jar of ******* marmalade.

[PRIMORDUS]

But the torrent has been up and with the latest update, so yes you can own it and post the link to the game on Steams twitter account, telling them who owns what now? 😂 https://files.mastodon.soci...