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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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.
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!
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.
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+
I really wanna play it but I heard mixed things
I guess its still in the beta stages cus I had to apply to try it out and got an email few days later saying I got it and gave me a link. There's 2 tiers: the 5.99/month and 14.99/ month. Im trying the 5.99/month plan and I get 7 days free at first so i can cancel if im not satisfied.
Obviously the cheaper tier is not gonna have all the games, actually most of the games are like the indie, Kickstarter games. Most of them were already on the Xbox Game Pass so nothing new. The only games im playing are Ys 8, Metro Exodus, and Control. So far the actual streaming is good, no hardcore lagging or anything. Im using my T-6 Helios gamepad, works well. For 6 bucks a month, its ok but i hear thats the early price, it might go up. I might keep it a month or so cus I really am digging those 3 games.
I know thr 15$ a month has all the Ubisoft games but might as well get the Xbox Game Pass for that price
Yeah. Gamepass is a way better offer, but it's been pretty unstable lately from what I hear. I'm a big stadia user, and while the library isn't the best(it is improving imo) it has the best experience out there.
If it available to you I'd give it a try destiny 2. It's completely free to try and use. You can get the optional sub and/or buy the games available in the catalog (including cyberpunk, hitman 3, rdr2 and more)
I cancelled my Luna sub after a few months. It's good, but not quite the equal of Stadia for playability. And it doesn't have the library to make putting up with input lag like game pass, which, like Luna is almost there, tech wise, but the game selection is better.
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 in my 40s. I used to have Amiga 500, Nintendo Wii, Playstation 2. Haven't been paying videogames for 20 years (if you don't consider MTG Arena a videogame). Last week I subscribed to Luna and I'm loving it. Right now I'm playing mostly Hollow Knight (best game ever tried since Prince of Persia 1989 edition) and NFS Unbound. I tried Fortnite, since I know it's super famous for youngsters, but I guess it's not for me. Accepting suggestions on good games (non too complicated since I'm old and I don't have the skills I used to have when I was 16) to play, and maybe something co-op to try playing with my wife.
Hi, I still don't fully understand how Luma works. I have amazon prime, some games on GOG and on Epic Games.
For example, I want to play Kingdom Come: Deliverance. What are my options?
1a. I can buy it on the Luna web. https://luna.amazon.es/game/kingdom-come-deliverance/B0D6Y4ZYJ1 If I buy it there, I can play it without Luna+ subscription?
1b. If I buy it on GOG. Do I need a Luna+ subscription?
1c. If I buy the Luna+ subscription, it is included? How can I know which games are included?What happens if I don't pay the amazon prime subscription anymore? Do I lose access to Luma. Even if I pay the Luma+ subscription?
Thanks in advance
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!
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 $10/month. (This is also why I’m not a huge fan of some of Luna’s current competitors.)
Looking at Google’s mistakes with Stadia... they went overboard throwing money at companies like Capcom, and based on what people were saying on Reddit, they had issues with game key licensing that they couldn’t sell.
So please—don’t repeat the same mistakes. Honestly, I wouldn’t even be complaining if Stadia were still around today.
Also things like ubisoft shutting down xdefiant sucked.. and we need an online shooter replacement that isnt fortnite... plz..
Hey guys, i was contemplating on buying jackbox games to play with friends, I found that amazon luna has all 8 party packs for a 5$ subscription, So if i do subscribe to it, Will it allow me to download the games or just stream them?