shaddim

wish about collaboration with H(I)B: http://www.gog.com/wishlist/site/collaboration_with_humble_indie_bundle

IMil

This would be useful during the sales: suppose that I have game A purchased via gog.com, and game B on humble bundle. Currently, if gog.com has a discount on the pack "A+B+C+D", I don't have to pay for game A, but I'll have the game B purchased twice. It would be nice if I could prove that I already own this game and save a bit more on the pack. I wouldn't expect gog.com to actually serve the files for the technical reasons: HiB has different installers, linux versions, etc.

Andtha

This comes from a mechanical compulsion to connect everything that seems to be alike? I think it's time for something like an OpenAccount™ thing, just like the OpenID. You would have an Account that includes digitally purchased goods that you can have, give, sell, throw away, independently of the shop you bought it from. So, if one day GOG is gone, your games will still be in your OpenAccount™ as would be your Steam and HIB games (and iTunes and Amazon songs and movies), and, and, and... Good idea, but for now I don't see it possible. If HIB and GOG decide to make an alliance one day, like HIB with Steam and the Ubuntu Store, okay: I can imagine that! What do the GOG people think of this idea? Bundle with the Humble Indie Bundle? Yes?

vsr

I see no point in this.

EternalGrump

This would be a nice addition in my opinion. To those that seem not to understand why this is beneficial since HiB provides drm-free copies of the games it sells, the benefit is the long term compatibility. Remember, GoG doesn't just have drm-free copies, the games are also fixed to run on current hardware and software. HiB does not offer that feature by default.

sevenskull

With more games/people using GOG, it's easier my transition from STEAM to GOG.

sevenskull

I think it's a good thing for both of them. Some people and some games from Humble bundle aren't on GOG, them it's a chance to add more games and also more people to know GOG.

herohascome

I think it's pointless. Every game from HIB will be only one more picture in your shelf here. And if you like DRM-free products you just download them from your HIB page.

Adarion

I love the Humble Indie Bundle and yes, maybe a coop would make sense. Also, this is a good starting point for LINUX support since 95% of HIB games are platform "independent", means they run on x86 hardware on Windows, Linux and MacOS (BSD?). Some also on ARM or better said inside Android's shell.

DerBesserwisser

I would like that a lot, because it would be great if I could add the games I bought on humble bundle to my gog shelf - just to have one place where I could find all of my drm free games. As for the 'gain' I got a lot of steam keys (I have no use of) with my humble bundle purchases. Steam must surely see some benefit in cooperating with The Humble Bundle (hard to believe they do it because of exposure).

TheGreenFairy

While it seems pretty pointless to add a once purchased DRM free copy of a game to another store that doesn't use DRM, it would be godlike to have a Humble Good Old Bundle or something similar. I think the Humblites should be also approvish of this too. But the cross-platform thing can be really problematic for some titles. Still, might worth a try...

hec359720

We already get a DRM-free copy of the game from the bundle, why would we need to have it on GOG?

kregent

I have bought last The Humble Indie Bundle 6 and I hopw that soon it will be possible to add these games to my GOG library. Even I would like to donate something to GOG for this "Activation". I really appreciate that you can decide exactly the amounts what do you want to send to each participant (developer, charity, support,...). I have send to Humble Bundle, Inc. suggestion if they will begin to cooperate with GOG - please send them also email - maybe it will help.

Lokuas

Yes! GOG and HIB, unite!

Cobalt16534

I have considered this; I went to Humble Bundle, and while it is unique and read their privacy policy and their legal requirements and so forth and i just don't think it would be possible without a court ruling or an extreme waste of time better spent by GOG on something easier and more user-friendly than on this idea.

lostintime

I like this mainly because "drm free" is part of the spirit of the humble bundles. Plus this would bring more exposure (and games) to gog.com. I honestly think this would be a win-win.

etsy

As a customer I'd like this, but I feel like we're on our way towards asking for the moon here. GoG doesn't have much to gain from this outside from maybe exposure. That said I don't see GoG needing exposure much. Desura needed it more, and HIB stopped with the Desura keys. There are unfortunately areas where there is a lack of overlap. One is platforms. GoG is officially windows only, HIB is Win/Mac/Linux. GoG is also typically much more aggressive with extras. I also purchase from GoG, because they put some effort into making old games work on new operating systems, and HIB hasn't been around long enough to know whether we're going to see similar efforts from them. I think that this feature is good, but should be filed as being step 3 of "Steps towards taking over the world." Maybe it could be limited to only those who paid a certain minimum, so that GoG would not suffer so much from the bandwidth costs and to help maintain that GoG's efforts are a premium worth paying for.

Blazer1982

I like this idea. As Steam gets a monopoly on the d2d market I'd honestly rather come here. No problems with Valve I just think you get way more value here.

Agurio

Oops *(redeem) I have not only Machinarium, but a lot more indie games. And a movie!!

Agurio

Yes, this would be very nice. I have Machinarium on Humble Bundle, it would be cool if I could redeam the code here. Games from Desura too.

Barefoot_Monkey

Might be worth it for GOG because of exposure, might very well not be worth it - I can only guess. But from a user's point of view it would be great. I'd even happily pay a small charge to have some games I own on one service available on another.

jorlin

This would be very convenient for me, as I own almost all the HB's. I don't think this will happen as I can't see any immediate positive effects for GoG except garnering goodwill. Partnering with /taking over Desura would be a much smarter move imho. Multi-platform support (Desura) combined with a smooth website (definitely GoG!). Since GoG is introducing indie games now, Desura's experience in distributing indie games would certainly come in handy.

Blue_Legion

I don't think this is a good idea. There's nothing in it for anyone. But having some GOG extras on top of every above average humble purchase, that would be nice.

FraggingBard

I was going to argue against this, then remembered all the fun stuff that was with the recent HB and not in GOG. Making GOG a sort of clearing house for all indie games and related material would certainly be more convenient.

DaveMongoose

Humble Bundle host the games for download. GOG keys would just mean that GOG foots that bill for download bandwidth... there's no benefit since GOG isn't a client-based service.

boct1584

Certainly a good idea.

Roman5

Yes, I want this so bad

vicklemos

This Humble Bundle idea seems pretty nice to me; we're gonna be able to redeem humble bundle games here and this makes the GOG library even bigger 'cause it naturally adds more games to the catalogue. The same thing happens to Desura and their partnership with the Indie Royale bundles.

ssokolow

I think the idea is that people are trying to find DRM-free (non-Steam) ways to get unified lists of their games. That's the reason I've mentioned my desire for a partnership between GOG and Desura in the feature request for a Steam-like GOG client.

vicklemos

Don't you wanna pay less for more games? :P

omega64

i suppose it would be nice but they already offer the games drm free. What exactly would be the point?

vicklemos

yep, that's it!

Sotamarsu

I think he means that.

iglock

What do you mean by "Humble Bundle support and keys"? Do you mean the ability to redeem games purchased through Humble Bundles on gog.com?