When comparing Kinguin vs Humble Bundle, 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 Kinguin is ranked 11th. 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 One of the only ways to sell second hand game keys
If you have product keys for games that you don't need, you can sell them on Kinguin. It works similarly to Ebay, but it's a marketplace dedicated to keys.
Pro You build up a little credit per purchase
You get a few cents of credit per purchase you make, if you have a Kinguin account. That can make some difference after a bit.
Pro Usually doesn't get cheaper
Websites like Kinguin and G2A are usually the cheapest way to get game keys. There are tricks like using discount codes for -3%, -5% or even -7% discount. These keys can usually be easily found through a simple Google search or through a Twitch streamer who's partnered with Kinguin. Another trick is not to use the shield service. It's usually a waste of a dollar, given the fact that in reality issues with game keys are rare.
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.
Cons
Con Sellers could possibly be shady
While keys are usually legitimate, there is often no way of telling how these keys were obtained. There are cases in the past where stolen credit card information was used to purchase a bunch of game keys and then those keys would be sold on platforms like this. So in that way it's similar to Ebay as well. However, it may be that it's blown somewhat out of proportion by gaming publishers who would earn more off gamers if they'd buy brand new keys.
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.