{"id":571419,"date":"2010-05-20T00:28:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-20T04:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techdirt.com\/blog\/entrepreneurs\/articles\/20100518\/0844299463.shtml"},"modified":"2010-05-20T00:28:00","modified_gmt":"2010-05-20T04:28:00","slug":"some-final-stats-on-the-humble-indie-bundle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/571419","title":{"rendered":"Some Final Stats On The Humble Indie Bundle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/ad.doubleclick.net\/clk;222238857;45642232;g\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techdirt.com\/images\/ent\/amex-accept-pay-btn.png\" alt=\"AMEX AcceptPay\" class=\"alignleft\" width=\"110\" height=\"21\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThis post is part of the Entrepreneurship series &#8211; sponsored by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/ad.doubleclick.net\/clk;222238857;45642232;g\">AcceptPay<\/a> from American Express, a new online solution that lets you electronically invoice customers and accept online payments-all in one place.  Offer more payment options, manage your cash flow and get paid faster with AcceptPay. Learn more <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/ad.doubleclick.net\/clk;222238857;45642232;g\">here<\/a>.<br \/>\nOf course, the content of this post consists entirely of the thoughts and opinions of the author.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>BigKeithO writes in with some more followup, including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.computerandvideogames.com\/article.php?id=247049&#038;site=pcg\" >some more results numbers<\/a> from the Humble Indie Bundle experiment that we&#8217;ve <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techdirt.com\/search.php?q=humble+indie&#038;tid=&#038;aid=&#038;searchin=stories\">written about<\/a> a few times, involving some indie developers bundling up a bunch of PC games in a &#8220;pay what you want&#8221; pricing scheme.  The program went on for two weeks, bringing in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wolfire.com\/humble\" >grand total of $1,273,588<\/a>.  $833,630.69 went to the developers (or $166,726.14 to each), while the EFF got $183,601.47 and Child&#8217;s Play got $188,578.04.  I&#8217;m sure some will knock these numbers, suggesting that they&#8217;re significantly lower than what some big name EA game would get, but you have to remember that these games were a bit older and weren&#8217;t likely to get that many new purchases.  On top of that, in two weeks, that&#8217;s a pretty good sum of money for some indie developers on older games.<\/p>\n<p>The other interesting tidbit, as many noted, is that despite suggestions from some that the &#8220;open source&#8221; world are folks who &#8220;just want stuff for free,&#8221; the average amount paid by Linux users ($14.52) was significantly higher than those paid by Mac ($10.18) or Windows ($8.05) users.  Obviously, averages are only so useful, given that they can be skewed by outliers (anyone got the medians? standard deviations?) but it&#8217;s still information worth pointing out.  All in all, a very interesting experiment, with some great results for those who participated.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/techdirt.com\/blog\/entrepreneurs\/articles\/20100518\/0844299463.shtml\">Permalink<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/techdirt.com\/blog\/entrepreneurs\/articles\/20100518\/0844299463.shtml#comments\">Comments<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/techdirt.com\/article.php?sid=20100518\/0844299463&#038;op=sharethis\">Email This Story<\/a><br \/>\n <br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=452ca9408c8c9300f65020633d90b735&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=452ca9408c8c9300f65020633d90b735&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<img alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=%22http:\/\/a.triggit.com\/px?u=pheedo&#038;rtv=TechBiz\n&#038;rtv=p29198&#038;rtv=f8626\"\/><img alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=%22http:\/\/pixel.quantserve.com\/pixel\/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29198.rss.TechBiz\n.8626,cat.TechBiz\n.rss\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.techdirt.com\/~ff\/techdirt\/feed?a=aCbQqjLVNf8:RCHWSuHPTi4:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/techdirt\/feed?i=aCbQqjLVNf8:RCHWSuHPTi4:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.techdirt.com\/~ff\/techdirt\/feed?a=aCbQqjLVNf8:RCHWSuHPTi4:c-S6u7MTCTE\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/techdirt\/feed?d=c-S6u7MTCTE\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/techdirt\/feed\/~4\/aCbQqjLVNf8\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post is part of the Entrepreneurship series &#8211; sponsored by AcceptPay from American Express, a new online solution that lets you electronically invoice customers and accept online payments-all in one place. 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