Humble Monthly is becoming Humble Choice - December 6th

C.Mongler · Oct 18, 2019

Interesting. I've been subbed to Monthly for probably around 30 months now, so I'm curious how this will pan out. I feel like this is going to level the game quality playing field of these bundles to be either all the games are (semi) premium quality or all the games are like $10-20 tier indies (or older games) quality. Like if we use this month as a hypothetical example, of course everyone on a Basic plan is going to snag Crash, Spyro, and COD over some $10 indie game from last year that they haven't heard of. I assume they would want the selections to be about equally enticing, but I guess we'll see.

dom · Oct 18, 2019

Obi said:
How does pausing work? Do you still pay but get to choose the month later to apply it too? Or does nothing happen at all, making it equivalent to cancelling and just not re-signing up for a month?

It will not charge you for that month but then the next month, if you don't pause again, will be charged.

excelsiorlef · Oct 18, 2019

I'm going to miss the surprise it was like Christmas morning once a month

nded · Oct 18, 2019

I feel like I've always gotten my $12 worth even on the less impressive months. Still, I can't help but think this is just an attempt to obfuscate a price hike. Revealing all the games up front is nice though.

FHIZ · Oct 18, 2019

Tizoc said:
It's been 20% for months now actually ;) You can assign it during check out.
Alas, Humble have gotten rid of earning Humble Store credit because of the new 20% discount for monthly subbers ToT

Ooooooooh, I thought it was at 10% still

Duxxy3 · Oct 18, 2019

Doesn't look like I'll be doing this much again. The majority of humble monthly games, that I own, I never play. So I don't see why I, personally, would keep an ongoing sub to it.

Darknight · Oct 18, 2019

water_wendi said:
Thats why its great. The fear of losing out is strong in many people.

Great for who though? It's great for Humble and not great for their customers.

YaBish · Oct 18, 2019

Swig · Oct 18, 2019

I wonder what it means that you get to choose. Do they give you a group of games each month to choose from? Or is there a library that you get to select from? I wish there were more details. I rarely subscribed to monthly because most of the headlining games I didn't really want, and by save $12 a month, I could buy a few of the random games that I wanted that I missed. I like the idea of being able to choose, but if it's a small selection each month, it doesn't seem much different, only you get a small choice rather than whatever they surprise you with.

And honestly, if I "miss out" on getting in on Classic, I doubt I'll ever subscribe for $20 a month.

water_wendi · Oct 18, 2019

Darknight said:
Great for who though? It's great for Humble and not great for their customers.

Its a great bit of psychological manipulation.

Turin Turambar · Oct 18, 2019

Biestmann said:
Subscription services are the future.

If you can pay the months that you want, and the games are yours forever, is this a subscription service? I don't think so.

ZugZug123 · Oct 18, 2019

Will continue my sub, I almost always see something I like. And any stuff I already own gets turned into a giveaway.

Tizoc · Oct 18, 2019

FHIZ said:
Ooooooooh, I thought it was at 10% still

They weren't very good at telegraphing that, esp. with the removal of getting humble credit from purchases =_=

Dio · Oct 18, 2019

Z-Beat said:
That's what this is made to circumvent. They're trying to give you the choice so their odds of not having a game you want are significantly lowered and you don't unsubscribe.

oh, if i were to get it again, id still buy and cancel. 12 or 15. just depends on the games themselves. still an awful change, from a consumer pov.

Nabs · Oct 18, 2019

Going from 7+ games for $12 to 3 games for $15 is something alright.

Rosebud · Oct 18, 2019

But we already keep the games... I didn't get it.

Tizoc · Oct 18, 2019

Turin Turambar said:
If you can pay the months that you want, and the games are yours forever, is this a subscription service? I don't think so.

It is a sub in the sense that gives exclusive options (20% discount on store) & Humble Trove access. Monthly is a Bundle first, a subscription second imo.

Z-Beat · Oct 18, 2019

Dio said:
oh, if i were to get it again, id still buy and cancel. 12 or 15. just depends on the games themselves. still an awful change, from a consumer pov.

It lives and dies on the games they allow you to choose from.

Rosebud said:
But we already keep the games... I didn't get it.

The difference is you're picking them instead of them picking them for you, at least how I understand it

Swig · Oct 18, 2019

Darknight said:
Great for who though? It's great for Humble and not great for their customers.

Yeah, this is how I'm feeling. Doesn't feel great, especially if you don't get the Classic price. Over three months, that's $60, I can buy whatever I want on Steam sales for that every few months.

Deleted member 10551 · Oct 18, 2019

exodus said:
There's no telling whether this is better or worse until we see the quality of the upcoming games. This month has been insane, and if the quality stays that high, then it will be worthwhile.

Once they have folks locked in, it won't stay as good. It never does.

MrBob · Oct 18, 2019

Those price increases are insane. Humble used to have yearly subs for cheaper too. More they lock everyone in at 12 bucks a month which is 144 a year versus getting a 99 dollar yearly sub.

arts&crafts · Oct 18, 2019

What happens when your current classic sub is up, will you be automatically reupped at the classic price? or will they cancel and make you reup at new price?

JamesQuall · Oct 18, 2019

As long as I can still pause I'm in. I probably paused all but three months over the course of the last year. It's a really nice option for a sub service like this to have. Making it out to be a chore seems crazy. Just wait for the reveal each month and make your decision.

TheOne · Oct 18, 2019

Considering only a couple of months really interest me during the entire year, and that within those months, only 2 or 3 titles are interesting to me, I'd still pick the basic plan only during the best 2-3 months.

cyba89 · Oct 18, 2019

For current subscribers who can remember to check the pause button once a month this is exclusively a good thing.
People on the classic plan can make the buy/pause decision based on the full lineup and not only based on the showcase title(s) and the price stays the same.

KoolAid · Oct 18, 2019

Since you can still pause if you continue on classic I guess I'll stay. But I guess that's what they're banking on.

AmFreak · Oct 18, 2019

You currently can pause as long as you want, but you have to do it manually every month:

Q: Can I skip multiple months?

Yes, you may skip as many months as you'd like, however please note that this will affect your membership benefits and you will need to continuously pause after every skipped month! Once a month has been successfully skipped, go back to your Settings page and pause again.

iverron · Oct 18, 2019

I'll probably sub for a double dip on the Crash / Spyro remakes but not a fan of "never unsubscribe ever" "promotions" so I'll just quit doing the Monthly unless $20 seems like an extremely good deal. Too many months I just don't care to subscribe for to keep a permanent sub for this on.

edit: pausing is a good alternative

YuSuzzune · Oct 18, 2019

I don't understand anyway: if they propose me 10 games, what if I decide to not pick up 3 games? Will they give me Humble wallet credit or what? I mean, a Classic subscribers why shouldn't just pick up all the games? It's not clear at all.

Spyware · Oct 18, 2019

Swig said:
Yeah, this is how I'm feeling. Doesn't feel great, especially if you don't get the Classic price. Over three months, that's $60, I can buy whatever I want on Steam sales for that every few months.

I'm looking at the not-classic as mostly just (hopefully) premium normal bundles. You see a set of three games you really want and you get them for $15 which could be a superb price depending on the month. Then you just unsub and it just handles it as a normal Humble Bundle. Fanatical does this all the time where they have bundles where you pick and choose. Currently this one.

Vash · Oct 18, 2019

YuSuzzune said:
I don't understand anyway: if they propose me 10 games, what if I decide to not pick up 3 games? Will they give me Humble wallet credit or what? I mean, a Classic subscribers why shouldn't just pick up all the games? It's not clear at all.

As a Classic Sub, you still get all the games offered. At the lower tiers, you only get 9, or even 3 to choose from those 10.

Cels · Oct 18, 2019

Darknight said:
Humble Classic is only available if you sub now and get grandfathered in. You'll loose access to it if you ever cancel. They're trying to lock people in with fear of losing that level.

can you just pause your sub to retain classic even if you don't pay for a while?

Yippiekai · Oct 18, 2019

YuSuzzune said:
I don't understand anyway: if they propose me 10 games, what if I decide to not pick up 3 games? Will they give me Humble wallet credit or what? I mean, a Classic subscribers why shouldn't just pick up all the games? It's not clear at all.

If you're a classic subscriber, you get 10 games. If there are only 10 games, you get all of them. If there are 15, you choose 10 from the 15. There is no point in not choosing games.
If you cancel your subscription because you don't like what you see this month, you can't become "Classic" again and will have to choose from Basic or Premium, that costs more with fewer choices.
You can still pause your subscription for a month if you don't like it and keep the Classic status.

Faenix1 · Oct 18, 2019

I'm still subbed for 8 months, paused quite a few times. We'll see how this nonsense works, I guess.

Madjoki · Oct 18, 2019

Vash said:
As a Classic Sub, you still get all the games offered. At a lower tier, you only get 9, or even 3 to choose from those 10.

There will be more than 10 games. It explicitly says that even classic has to choice, so you don't get all the games.

Tizoc · Oct 18, 2019

Rosebud said:
But we already keep the games... I didn't get it.

$15 tier gets to choose 3 games from a batch of 9 to 10 games each month.

Vash · Oct 18, 2019

Madjoki said:
There will be more than 10 games. It explicitly says that even classic has to choice, so you don't get all the games.

Doh, clearly I missed that then. Thanks.

That's fine though.

Deleted member 401 · Oct 18, 2019

Turin Turambar said:
If you can pay the months that you want, and the games are yours forever, is this a subscription service? I don't think so.

It's a subscription service in the same way Loot Crate was, though it also has a Trove subscription included.

Rosebud · Oct 18, 2019

Tizoc said:
$15 tier gets to choose 3 games from a batch of 9 to 10 games each month.

Not a good trade lmao

Kuroyume · Oct 18, 2019

Man when it comes to the choice thing and all the keys of a popular game get taken and you're left with crap you don't want then that's going to leave a lot of people salty if they're paying the same fee.

arts&crafts · Oct 18, 2019

Also I assume you pause before the new month is announced right? Otherwise there is no risk to pausing ever.

Kuroyume said:
Man when it comes to the choice thing and all the keys of a popular game get taken and you're left with crap you don't want then that's going to leave a lot of people salty if they're paying the same fee.

There wont be a limited number of each title, that wouldnt make much sense.

apotema · Oct 18, 2019

Sorry Humble Bundle, I'm out, I don't like this move at all

Mudo · Oct 18, 2019

Wait a second.
I've been a Humble monthly subscriber for over a year.

is my subscription being turned into 1 of these things automatically, or cancelled or what?

I want the Classic thing that's the same price ive been paying - $12 per month.

I'm not paying 20 bucks a month for this, so if it comes to that I'm out!

PlayBee · Oct 18, 2019

Wow, 200 IQ move getting me to subscribe for Spyro and Crash and then announcing this so I won't ever unsubscribe

Deleted member 51691 · Oct 18, 2019

cyba89 said:
Pausing a month won't loose you the classic status so you don't have to actually buy the bundle every month.

What is the difference between pausing your sub and cancelling? I subbed for this month for the first time, can I just pause indefinitely until they have a game I want?

Tizoc · Oct 18, 2019

Rosebud said:
Not a good trade lmao

On the one hand, yeah I get what you mean
Before it was 6-7 games for $12, now it is $15 games for 3
$20 for 9 games isn't so bad, but $12 for at least 6 games is a good deal on its own if one is being well...humble.

Flevance · Oct 18, 2019

That's actually a huge improvement! I'll keep my sub going

arts&crafts · Oct 18, 2019

Mudo said:
Wait a second.
I've been a Humble monthly subscriber for over a year.

is my subscription being turned into 1 of these things automatically, or cancelled or what?

I want the Classic thing that's the same price ive been paying - $12 per month.

I'm not paying 20 bucks a month for this, so if it comes to that I'm out!

It says you automatically become classic if you are subscibed, you can already see if you go to your subscription. What isnt clear is what happens when your plan expires, but I assume you get reupped on Classic each time?

Madjoki · Oct 18, 2019

stealthyfrog said:
What is the difference between pausing your sub and cancelling? I subbed for this month for the first time, can I just pause indefinitely until they have a game I want?

You need to pause each month. (Automatically unpauses next month)

KoolAid · Oct 18, 2019

Most people just sub for the big games that get announced at the beginning of the month, so for those that is just a $3 increase. But that premium option is quite the price increase

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