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Sep 26, 2020 10 min

Amazon Luna is here, will anyone use it?

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Visit http://att.com/5G for more information on AT&T 5G! Amazon casually dropped the news this thursday that they would be entering the cloud gaming market with their new service called Luna. Of course if you are familiar with Geforce Now, xCloud, or Stadia you have heard it all before - Play your favorite games anytime from any device using the most advanced cloud technology ever! Of course this hasn’t played out well for Stadia and with Microsoft's xCloud service and Playstation Now already poised to be a leader in this space you have to wonder… How many people are interested in a cloud gaming service provided by Amazon? To be fair Amazon has the advantage of direct Twitch integration and it looks like they have already cleared the iOS App Store hurtle by offering a version of Luna that runs completely in a web browser. So does Luna have potential or is it destined to fail? We discuss on today’s edition on Inside Gaming Daily! Listen to our podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/IGPodcast Or buy our shirt! https://is.gd/u3xCtA OR follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/briangaar https://twitter.com/HandsomeMaster2 http://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/doplextv http://twitter.com/InsideGaming SOURCES [Amazon] Introducing Luna—Amazon’s New Cloud Gaming Service Where it’s Easy to Play on the Devices You Already Own https://bit.ly/3mRiWRd [Amazon] Luna https://amzn.to/3cxYW1q [Engadget] A closer look at Luna, Amazon's cloud gaming service https://engt.co/2RZ3NPv [Twitter] @Plun_Yu https://bit.ly/2G6lsCm [Kotaku] Amazon Announces Luna, Another Cloud-Based Streaming Game Service https://bit.ly/333XnVE [Twitter] @MatPiscatella https://bit.ly/2S19dcK [Twitter] @MatPiscatella https://bit.ly/2FTD8kW

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