Amazon Announces $5.99/Month Cloud Gaming Service, Luna

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Google Stadia is about to get some serious competition. During today’s hardware event, Amazon announced Luna – a brand-new cloud gaming service that’s powered by the company’s very own AWS platform.



For the introductory price of $5.99 a month, Luna subscribers can enjoy a growing library of games such as Resident Evil 7, Control, and Panzer Dragoon on select devices (e.g., Fire TV, PC, and Mac) at up to 1080p/60 FPS (4K is “coming soon”). Users may stream on two devices at a time.



Coinciding with Luna’s launch is a controller built specifically for the service. According to Amazon, it connects to custom game servers to reduce roundtrip latency by 17 to 30 ms – a big improvement over local Bluetooth. No pairing is required since it “talks directly to the cloud.” It even supports Alexa, Amazon’s cloud-based voice service.



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[Uvilla]

Oh lord... Ok

 

[Burticus]

I thought we killed all of the streaming services off already, no? I mean Amazon does have infinite dollars so maybe they can make it successful... holding breath in 3, 2, 1......

 

[Grimlakin]

Let's see if they do this like they do prime video... by that I mean making it hard to find good movies or shows regularly.