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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

humble

~~That's who's suing Valve here.~~

Edit: I'm wrong, they created Humble Bundle but haven't owned it since 2017.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

No, humble bundle isn't run by them anymore. They haven't been run by the wolfire guys since 2017. If I'm wrong and they are then I'm probably not buying anything from humble again.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You're right and I'm wrong. I guess I'm out of touch - what did the Wolfire guys do since then that makes you dislike them?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Suing valve. Like, valve is the only company I'm okay with having the amount of marketshare they currently have. I'm legit worried that if they go too hard on the lawsuit, it could result in the monkey's paw curling ("I wish valve didn't have so much marketshare" "granted: steam has been spun off into its own company. Without steam, valve goes under and "steamcorp's" new management goes public")

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

monkey’s paw

nailed it, I completely agree in this one instance.

[–] Rose 1 points 1 year ago

They're heathens, obviously.

[–] brawleryukon 2 points 1 year ago

I think there was some cross-pollination for a couple years beyond that. Sounds like they sold Humble off to be its own thing, but the Wolfire guys were still running it until 2019 (see Wikipedia quote below). Either way, they've got out of Humble well before they filed this suit.

Rosen and Graham, the founders of Humble Bundle [and the CEO and COO, respectively, of Wolfire Games], announced in March 2019 that they have stepped down as CEO and COO of the company, respectively, with Alan Patmore taking over the company operations.

[–] NateSwift 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is Wolfire Games associated with Humble at all or am I missing something?

[–] brawleryukon 15 points 1 year ago

Wolfire Games created the original Humble Indie Bundle, but they've been divested from it for a few years now. From Wikipedia:

The Humble Bundle concept was initially run by Wolfire Games in 2010, but by its second bundle, the Humble Bundle company was spun out to manage the promotion, payments, and distribution of the bundles. In October 2017, the company was acquired by Ziff Davis through its IGN Entertainment subsidiary.

The comment above that Humble's the ones suing Valve here is inaccurate.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I’m pretty sure both are run by the same dude. He got butt hurt by valve’s cut about the time he started Humble Bundle.