Hah - That's a interesting theory! Might be like that.

Thanks Symphony8 for the info about the new bundle. Yeah I see, at least something appeared - even if it's weak. We'll see what kind of break will be to the next bundle.

Ya while i have bought some of them i'm not the biggest fan of the monthlies either.
Dunno if i like all the early unlocks it's a no brainer - i buy the bundle and if the other unlocks are garbage i call it "fair game" shrug it off and it's okay. If the unlocked games are good/if there is a few other games among the hidden ones i even feel a bit "happy" or like have made a good deal - at like 2 of the monthlies i even liked the hidden unlocks more than the original reveals.

Still feels a bit wasteful as sometimes you really get 3 keys you like and another 6 of games you don't really need/want (i usually give them away then but still feels a bit wasteful and i'm not the biggest fan of the general key "inflation").

It gets problematically if you only like 1 of the unlocks or even 2 of the unlocks are in the "okish" might be slightly interesting scope. If then the random unlocks turn out to be bad you feel like having made a bad deal and feel like having wasted the 12$ or well would have fared better if buying 2 proper games with it.

Actually the worst scenario for me (subjectively) is the (it actually happened at least with 3? bundles for me)
that if i don't like any of the early unlocks/or allready own them and hence you dont buy. And then suddenly there is 3-4 really amazing games among the hidden unlocks........... Then you actually feel bad for not having bought the 3 early unlocks you were not interested at all on the slight chance that the hidden unlocks are good for you and feel kinda cheated -.- - which ya is pretty absurd.

But ya in general it somehow (at least for me) let's to feelings of "regret" quite often so it's not really enjoyable buying experience :D

I've been lucky to only have this happen to me once. Though that one time still pissed me off to no end. Funnily, I can't remember exactly what the bundle was, but I think it was the one with H1Z1.

A perfect example is this month's bundle. Conan and Escapists 2 holds no interest to me, and as good a deal as Hat in Time is for $12, I'm hoping to eventually get in on GOG. I can almost imagine them adding something else I really, really would like. Something like Talos Principle.

What, it's like IGN purchasing Humble Bundle isn't having negative effects?

no, it is juts pining for the fjords

Or: You buy the bundle, hidden games get unlocked, and one of the unlocks is amazing, a game you'd have felt very happy about getting, but then you realize that due to regional restrictions *you* only get a censored, crippled, unpatched version of it that you wouldn't touch with a 10-foot-pole, which makes it worthless and is almost worse than not getting a key at all, and it's a very good bundle only for everyone else, despite you paying the same price. :/

Eh, the BTA is not *that* bad, too bad I haven't seen it yesterday, would've been cheaper.

And after that shithouse game bundle there's another fairly shit software bundle and a book bundle based on CATS!!! ><