The numbers from the “pay what you want”/”donation drive”, Humble Indie Bundle V, were announced today. Previous records of just over $2.1 Million have been SHATTERED.
With 598,977 individual bundles purchased, the organization raised $5,106,739.08, which goes to support Childs Play and The Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Let’s take a look at a breakdown of the numbers.
There was somewhat of a “donation war” going on between Minecraft creator Notch and a group called The Humble Brony Bundle. The Humble Bronies are a group of My Little Pony Friendship is Magic fans who bundled their collective funds and bought copies of the HIB5 in the name of friendship.
This years bundle included, DRM-Free: Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Bastion, Limbo, Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, Psychonauts, Lone Survivor, Super Meat Boy, and Braid. If you paid more than the average purchase, you got them all PLUS their soundtracks!
So it is apparent gamers can do something other than talk about banging each others moms.