Amazon Luna, the e-commerce firm’s cloud gaming service, has just landed in Spain and is a new contender in the burgeoning gaming market. cloud gaming, streaming or on demand. A video game distribution method that the industry has been promoting in recent years, but has yet to gain the popularity that its music or video counterparts have achieved.

And the difficulties of video games are piling up both in the provision of content and in the reception of it by the users themselves, due to the greater need for bandwidth and faster and more stable Internet connections. Many are called and few are chosen. Some services, as relevant as Google Stadia, have fallen by the wayside, and others, as powerful as NVIDIA GeForce Now, PlayStation Now or Microsoft xCloud, have yet to reach the mass market.

Another alternative will be Amazon. With AWS in-house, computing and distribution power is assured, although game providers also have their work cut out for them. Another thing is the reception by the users themselves (although Amazon will do the hardest work on their servers) and the final experience will depend on it.

Amazon Luna, finally in Spain

Amazon was in no rush to launch its gaming service. More than three years have passed since its official announcement and although only a month later access was granted to a limited number of external testers, it took a year and a half to go live in the United States. After this year’s European premiere (Germany and the United Kingdom), it now comes to Spain with the offer known from other countries and at different levels depending on the subscription:

• Moon+: The most comprehensive option that covers video games of all genres. Subscribers also get exclusive Amazon Prime member benefits like access to Ubisoft PC games. It has a price 9.99 euros per month and you can try it for free for seven days.
• Ubisoft+: For fans of the studio, this subscription offers access to the latest releases, including Assassin’s Creed Mirage or Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. The subscription costs 17.99 euros per month.
• Jackbox games– The Jackbox Games subscription is only available on Luna and includes popular hits like Quiplash, Trivia Murder Party and Drawful.

In addition, Amazon Prime subscribers in Spain will have free access to games such as Fortnite, Trackmania and a rotating selection of Luna titles at no additional cost. They can also link their Ubisoft account to access their already purchased titles or purchase new ones.

Amazon Luna supports third-party Bluetooth peripherals – keyboard, mouse and controllers – including those from PlayStation and Xbox, but also offers its own, Luna driver, a classic wireless controller that, instead of connecting to the device in question, connects directly to the Amazon cloud, allowing you to reduce latency and quickly switch between devices. It comes to Spain with an event and can be purchased until November 27 for 39 euros (compared to the official price of 69 euros).

Regarding connection requirements, The minimum recommended speed is 10 Mbps for gaming in Full HD resolution, while for gaming in 4K the minimum increases to 35 Mb/s. This is within the reach of most of those who have fiber at home. Typical consumption will be with Full HD resolution at 60 FPS, which is the speed that Amazon also promises in 4K for certain titles. And as we already knew, Amazon Luna has integration with Twitch, the most popular platform for live gaming.

Amazon Luna supports PC devices (Windows and Mac), Fire TV streamers, Fire tablets, Chromebooks, iPhone, iPad, Android phones, and Samsung and LG smart TVs. The service is now available in Spain. What do you think? Are you going to hire Amazon Luna?