Amazon Luna Review: A Comfortable Controller & Good Cloud Service
Amazon Luna is out of early access and is now widely available, but Amazon's foray into a cloud gaming service comes with a few caveats. Cloud gaming is a fairly recent development and the past few years have shown what works and what doesn't. Amazon Luna succeeds where similar services have stumbled, but it's still held back by a few issues.
The Amazon Luna service is already available to Prime members, and this is where the service has a leg up on its competition: a lot of people have Prime already, so there's not necessarily a need to pay an additional subscription. Each month, a few titles are available for free for Prime members via Amazon Luna, allowing them to stream anything from AAA games like Devil May Cry 5 to lesser-known indie titles like PHOGS! (both of which are available for March 2022).
Related: Where Does Amazon Luna Fit In With Other Game Services?
However, there are additional premium services available for those wanting to try out more than a handful of games each month. Luna+ is currently $5.99 a month at a locked-in rate and offers a variety of games that will probably prove to be the most appealing to users. There's the Family channel for $2.99 a month at a locked-in rate, offering dozens of kid-friendly games like SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom — Rehydrated. The Retro channel and Jackbox Games channel are both available for $4.99 a month while Ubisoft+ is $17.99 per month.
The additional paid services are where Amazon Luna stumbles, even though it's an improved model over Google Stadia. These channels come with monthly costs that are in addition to a Prime membership, which means getting the most out of Luna's cloud gaming is more expensive than similar services like PS Now and
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