Basically death by lack of users, amateur marketing, and poor consumer sway. There wasn’t enough selling points for the Stadia to distinguish it from its competitors—the Xbox, PlayStation, and Switch and reception towards cloud gaming has been lukewarm at best. Most gamers are content with digital gaming, but I’m doubtful that they’d want to pay a subscription fee to stream games (that they don’t technically own) on their devices.
Though the Stadia went out with a silent sour fart, the Luna is still kicking though it isn’t nearly as popular as the competition. It’s arguably had a better run than its Google counterpart, but that’s not saying much as it’s a largely unknown peripheral within gaming spheres. The absence of a similar cloud gaming service has given it more leeway, but it still has Xbox Cloud Gaming to contend with that holds a stronger connection with the household than Amazon does with catering to gamers.
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Recently I've returned to cloud gaming in a big way with Luna. The controller is fantastic offering both direct connect and Bluetooth.
The service itself runs flawlessly offering a crisp 1080p/60 display via your web browser. With the Luna+ and Ubisoft+ subscriptions I have a massive amount of games on hand, and I'm very happy they went with the Netflix model vs paid games. I'd always purchase games and never play them, so the Netflix model is much better for me.
Recently they announced a partnership with GOG bringing titles like Witcher & Cyberpunk along with classic retro titles. They announced in March and I'm eagerly awaiting the game drops: https://www.gog.com/blog/more-ways-to-play-your-gog-games-were-teaming-up-with-luna-cloud-streaming-service/
Give Luna a go if it's available in your region. I recommend it.
I want to buy the Luna subscription but I really wanna hear from you all.
Things you like about it? Ease of access? Do you have fun? Something you don't like?
Let me hear it all!
Luna’s gotten so good lately, I actually cancelled my GeForce Now subscription.
I’ve been aware of Luna for a while and dabbled with it here and there, but something changed recently, coincidentally right around the recent GamePass price hike (nice timing Amazon). The platform has seriously leveled up, especially with the ability to cloud stream select titles from GOG, Ubisoft, and EA that you already own. I’d love to see Epic Games join the mix next.
The growing libraries from Prime Gaming and Luna Prime are a solid bonus too.
There’s still room to grow (21:9 aspect ratio support would be a game changer!), but I’m genuinely excited to be along for the ride as Amazon continues to evolve this service.
I got a Prime free trial and eventually tried Luna out. Would've sooner but I didn't even think of it. Totally forgot it existed. I haven't played any games since Stadia shut down really.... except for Life is Strange... and I was so close to beating Control but didn't.
Now I've played Control on Luna and can say it's exactly as good once I lowered the quality to 720p it's smooth (my dl is 25mbps and upload is like 5)
My Prime trial ended so can't play it now but I think I will get a free 7 day trial of Luna+ which I believe has even more games. But for now I just want to beat Control, and 7 days should be plenty of time to do that. But I will definitely be keeping an eye on what games they have in rotation.
Amazon Luna is seeing even more changes this month. Just days after Amazon Luna’s Prime Gaming Library: New Additions for September highlighted the latest swaps, another six titles are now scheduled to leave the service in September.
Looks like Amazon is taking Luna more seriously than we thought.
https://youtu.be/ajawdjs6KKA?si=moJ_qkZWLbmNnzxJ
Variety exclusive Article detailing some of the changes and more games coming.
https://variety.com/2025/gaming/news/amazon-prime-gaming-luna-changes-aaa-party-games-1236535452/
Article from Amazon
https://www.amazongames.com/en-us/news/articles/new-amazon-luna
I'm curious what the community thinks. Is Amazon Luna destined for the same fate as Goigle Stadia? I invested heavily into stadia when it launched as I loved the idea and ease of use. Now it seems the only options for cloud gaming going forward will be the same companies that sell consoles. At that point, I'm not sure there's any real point in that type of ecosystem.
Also, as and aside. Why does it seem like Ubisoft is the only developer that even cares about cloud gaming?
Hello Amazon Luna team.
I'm having a blast playing with Amazon Luna +. I used to be a hardcore gamer, but now, because of work and since I have a kid, Amazon Luna+ is great for my casual gaming. The game library is appealing, and adding games from Ubisoft and GOG is a great perk.
The best thing, however, is the streaming video quality and response I get from the games.
I hope Luna doesn't go away silently. I hope Amazon can back this product up for a couple of more years.
Thanks Luna+
Hey guys, i was contemplating on buying jackbox games to play with friends, I found that amazon luna has all 8 party packs for a 5$ subscription, So if i do subscribe to it, Will it allow me to download the games or just stream them?
I keep seeing Luna on Amazon and need to know what it is. Is it just a controller? How does it access games? Is it a monthly subscription? Pay per game? One time buy? Is it worth it? I’m not tech savvy at all, so even reading the description goes over my head. I want to get this for my dad, but not sure if he can use it. He’s also not tech savvy, but understands how to keep using it once he is shown. So please tell me everything I need to know. Any help is appreciated.
I really wanna play it but I heard mixed things
I just learned for the first time last night by asking Alexa on my Echo Dot three speaker that Amazon Luna is included with Amazonq now, but apparently it’s a stripped down standard edition so I want to know if someone could please provide a complete imperative list to help me understand what exactly the differences are regarding game availability between Amazon Luna standard that’s built into the prime memberships and Amazon Luna premium so I can make an educated decision as to if I should upgrade Amazon Luna premium at all to begin with please and thank you in advance!
I’m new to cloud gaming, and didn’t even know that you could play games without a system. What are some of the cons of cloud gaming? I love this now that I know that it exists. I’m sure the #1 problem is data.
Could this mean that independent developers will now be able to invest directly in the Luna store? We might start seeing a lot more games showing up on Luna. 🍺 It feels like all options are now on the table.
Games that already exist on other digital platforms could potentially be played through Luna, and now Luna can directly sell games for people to play on the platform. Hooray!
I do have two concerns, though:
Will a subscription still be required to play games that you've purchased on Luna?
If a game is available on other platforms (like Xbox Cloud, Epic, or Ubisoft), and Luna starts selling it will we get the option to choose which version we want to use (based on the platform we already own it on)?
Now, just a few thoughts I wanted to share about Luna because I really like Luna and I don’t want to see it meet the same fate as Stadia:
Please think long term... Stadia shut down right after FIFA was released. 🤦🏻
Maybe requiring a subscription is actually a smart way to maintain servers and fund regional expansion.
That said, I’d personally prefer a cheaper monthly plan—ideally no more than $10/month. (This is also why I’m not a huge fan of some of Luna’s current competitors.)
Looking at Google’s mistakes with Stadia... they went overboard throwing money at companies like Capcom, and based on what people were saying on Reddit, they had issues with game key licensing that they couldn’t sell.
So please—don’t repeat the same mistakes. Honestly, I wouldn’t even be complaining if Stadia were still around today.
Also things like ubisoft shutting down xdefiant sucked.. and we need an online shooter replacement that isnt fortnite... plz..
I used to be a gamer. I let my pc grow old, haven't gotten new consoles. I used to play the likes of WoW, ESO, New World. Mostly MMOs. I got Luna for the kids and I often look through the games list and think which of these could rekindle the joys of gaming but none of them seem like something i would be into. Soooo, maybe I just need to force myself to try one. What has been everyones favorite game on Luna so far? I need one to just go for.