Amazon Luna: Specifications, Price, and All We Know

 Amazon Luna is a highly anticipated internet-driven game streaming service, and it is pretty much identical to Google Stadia. It will be a subscription-based service, and you will need to pay a monthly fee to enjoy games on this service. Rather than buying video games one by one or independently, you will be able to access plenty of video games just by paying a tiny fee every month.

The best part of this service is that you will be able to play video games on your tablet, iPad, iPhone, Android phone, Windows computer, Mac, and Fire TV Stick.

You don’t need to buy a powerful gaming console or PC to play your favorite games if you subscribe to Luna.

How Amazon Luna Works?

 Just like Google Stadia, Amazon Luna enables users to play games on any device without going through the lengthy download and installation processes. The games are actually installed on Amazon’s cloud servers, and your device streams those games using the internet.

 You actually play games on Amazon’s computer remotely using the Amazon Luna service. You control the video games on their computer and see the real-time gameplay image on your device’s screen.

Therefore, you don’t need a powerful processor, gigantic RAM or SSD on your computer to play games with Amazon Luna. That’s how this game streaming service works. Let’s see the expected release date of this exciting platform.

Estimated Launch Date for Amazon Luna

Amazon is currently allowing its users early access to the service. You can use the Amazon Luna Beta right now on your device.

The Amazon Luna Beta is gradually rolling out to the users worldwide. Amazon has begun inviting random users to try its upcoming game streaming service. Amazon started rolling out the beta version to the public on October 19.

Despite the fact that the beta version is currently available for early access, we don’t have the official reports regarding the release date. Amazon hasn’t revealed information regarding when the service will officially launch yet. 

According to the rumors, it might launch somewhere in 2021.

If you want to use the Amazon Luna right now, hold tight and stay on this page because we will show you how to access Amazon Luna Beta. We will show you how to get an invitation from Amazon to use its upcoming service.

What About the Pricing?

Amazon Luna, the exciting game streaming service, might cost 5.99 USD every month. You will need to pay 5.99 USD every month separately to use Amazon Luna, excluding your Prime subscription fee. However, you only need to subscribe to Amazon Luna to play games, and you won’t have to purchase a console or a gaming PC.

 You will be able to stream games directly to your smartphone, laptop, tablet, iPad, iPhone, and other devices.

 Along with the basic subscription fee, Amazon may charge additional money if you want to subscribe to specific video games that are not included in the basic package of their service. According to Amazon, they have tied up with Ubisoft gaming company to provide better video games to the users. If you want to access the Ubisoft games, you may have to pay an additional fee every month.

According to several other reports, we might see a few different game distribution companies on Amazon Luna.

How to Pre-Order Amazon Luna

You cannot pre-order Amazon Luna, but you can get early access to the service. According to the company, the early access to the beta version is only given to the selected batches sooner or later. That’s why you may be invited to join the Beta version soon by Amazon itself in the coming weeks or months. It is possible that it may take a little longer for Amazon to provide the early access in your area.

You can check if the service is available for you by navigating to amazon.com. Along with the gaming service, Amazon has developed a dedicated controller for Amazon Luna. The controller looks elegant and is pretty comfortable. It might be on par with Sony DualShock 4 controller or Xbox One controller.

The people that are able to early access Luna can buy the controller right now for only 49.99 USD. After the official launch, the controller will cost up to 70 USD.

Source : https://gotrustblog.com/amazon-luna-specifications-price-and-all-we-know/

How Does Amazon Luna Compare to Stadia, xCloud, and GeForce Now

 Recently Amazon announced the launch of its much-awaited cloud gaming platform- Luna, which means the company is ready to take on other famous cloud gaming platforms like Google Stadia, Nvidia GeForce Now, and xCloud.  The race to become the best cloud gaming platform is about to begin, and all the companies are giving their best to emerge as the winner in the race.

However, only time will tell which platform is able to attract more customers towards it. But which cloud gaming service should you buy? Well, that’s a tough question to answer. So, today we will make these phenomenal cloud gaming platforms compete against each other so that you can make a prudent decision.

Amazon Luna

Luna provides you access to many fantastic games from different publishers in the form of “Channels,” unlike its competitors. However, at this time, there is only one channel that Luna users can subscribe to if they enroll in the early access user program of Amazon Luna (currently available for users in the US), and that is “Luna Plus,” that costs $5.99 a month.  But Amazon is also gearing up to launch another channel on Luna with Ubisoft that will provide access to many great Ubisoft games. However, the price and release date of the Ubisoft channel is not yet known.

The service is powered by Amazon’s world-famous cloud computing service AWS (Amazon Web Services), and you don’t have to make any special arrangements on your part to access Luna. Besides this, if you use Luna Controller with Luna, you can further enhance your gaming experience. This controller connects directly to Luna servers and ensures that you face less latency while using Luna to play games. Additionally, you can stream all games on Luna in 1080p. 

However, Amazon will soon add 4K support for games on Luna. The service (Luna) is currently available on PC, Mac, Fire TV, and iOS and will soon be available for Android users.

Initially, Luna will be launching with almost 100+ games. But this number will grow within a few months. Besides this, Luna Service can be integrated with Twitch, which will allow you to watch Twitch streams on Luna and play Luna games on Twitch.

Google Stadia

Google Stadia is a popular cloud gaming service and is somewhat similar to Luna in the first place. The service lets you stream games on your device right from Google distributed data centers. Additionally, you can use the stadia controller with Google Stadia to further enhance your gaming experience and ensure that you face less latency while playing games on Stadia. Besides this, you can also integrate stadia with YouTube. But there are a few noticeable differences between these two platforms.

You can’t purchase individual games on Luna right now, but you can buy individual games with Google Stadia. You can also purchase a Google Stadia Pro subscription at $9.99 a month to access all the games on Google Stadia, but you can’t do this with Luna right now.

Additionally, you can play your purchased games in 4K resolution if you are a Google Stadia Pro subscriber, whereas Amazon Luna does not support 4K resolution for all the games right now. Stadia also has some exclusive games on its platforms, whereas Luna does not have any exclusive games on its platform.

Stadia is currently available on PC, Mac, Linux, ChromeOS, Android, and Chromecast Ultra dongle for TVs.

Xbox Cloud Gaming /xCloud

Xbox Cloud Gaming is currently available in 22 countries. By purchasing Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, you get access to 150 Xbox games like A Plague Tale: Innocence, Batman: Arkham Knight, Carrion, Fallout 76, Gears of War 4 and 5, Mortal Kombat X, etc. that you can stream on your Android mobile directly from Microsoft Datacenters.

Overall, Xbox Cloud Gaming is a great cloud gaming platform and offers lots of amazing games to users. But the only bad thing about it is that sometimes you may not get a good gaming experience on it.

NVIDIA’S GeForce Now

NVIDIA GEFORCE Now is somewhat like a virtual PC. It allows its user to stream games that they already own. To access your PC games on a different device, all you need to do is connect to GeForce Now and start playing it. The platform has more than 2000 games on it, which is a very big number and makes GeForce Now a better choice than all the other cloud gaming services.

Earlier you could access the service by enrolling yourself in the free beta program. But now GeForce Now is a paid service and comes with a price tag of $4.99 a month. Besides this, it allows its users to try out a game for an hour absolutely free. The service is right now available on PC, Mac, Android, the Nvidia Shield, and Chromebook. Additionally, it also allows its customers to stream their favorite games in 1080P.

Our View

All the cloud gaming platforms are unique and have their own pros and cons. Therefore, it is very difficult to say which platform is more superior than the other. However, if we talk about Amazon Luna, then it appears to be a unique cloud gaming platform that may give a tough fight to Stadia, xCloud, and GeForce Now.  However, only time will tell whether it is able to beat its competitors or not.

Do you think Luna is superior to xCloud, Stadia, and GeForce Now? Let us know in the comments.

Source : https://setuppost.com/how-does-amazon-luna-compare-to-stadia-xcloud-and-geforce-now/