When comparing Humble Bundle vs Green Man Gaming, the Slant community recommends Humble Bundle for most people. In the question“What are the best online stores to purchase PC games cheaply?” Humble Bundle is ranked 3rd while Green Man Gaming is ranked 4th. The most important reason people chose Humble Bundle is:
Users are not only giving to a charity and choosing the portion of the price they pay to a charity but they can also select from a list of charities to donate to. Thus giving some control to the consumer as to what kind of organizations they support.
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Pros
Pro Support choice of charity
Users are not only giving to a charity and choosing the portion of the price they pay to a charity but they can also select from a list of charities to donate to. Thus giving some control to the consumer as to what kind of organizations they support.
Pro Pay what you want
The way Humble Bundle works is that it is donation based in that you can pay what you want for the bundle, with the minimum being a dollar. There are separate packages in each bundle that also ask for a minimum price, which depends on the "beat the average" price which is what on average has been donated so far..
Pro Supporting the Devs
Just as a user can choose how much to give to a charity out of the price given, they can also choose how much to give to the devs. So if one does not feel like supporting a charity for a certain bundle they can choose to give all of the funds to the developers.
Pro Connection and discounts with Playfire
GMG pushes an account with Playfire, which is a game tracking and community service. By signing up with Playfire GMG users can earn discounts on games sold through GMG.
Pro Discount codes on new releases or pre-release
GMG often offers discount codes on newly released games or pre-release games. For those looking to get a new release GMG is a good place to look as users can often find a discount of 15-20% off the game instead of purchasing at full price.
Cons
Con Limited to what games they are willing to carry
The bundles have the support of the devs to be published, which means there may be certain devs that do not want to have their games in a bundle, which limits how many games are available on their store and in their bundles.
Con No refunds on keys to other stores
GMG does not offer refunds on Steam, UPlay, Origin or MMO titles. Basically if you purchase a code to a different store GMG will not refund your money if there are issues which means one will have to deal with the keys origin store for help.