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I found these bits rather interesting taken from their Q:
How long will early access pricing for Luna+ last?
$5.99/month introductory pricing is only available during Luna early access.
Which controllers are compatible with Luna?
You can play with the Luna Controller, Xbox One controller, DualShock 4 controller, or use a mouse and keyboard.
So the cost will go up at some point and you can use an array of controllers to play them with. Always worth considering.
How long will early access pricing for Luna+ last?
$5.99/month introductory pricing is only available during Luna early access.
Which controllers are compatible with Luna?
You can play with the Luna Controller, Xbox One controller, DualShock 4 controller, or use a mouse and keyboard.
So the cost will go up at some point and you can use an array of controllers to play them with. Always worth considering.
Microsoft is a direct competitor on the high end console market and just purchased one of the largest software publishers in existence. There is zero chance you see the next Elder Scrolls game on a Sony console. All the big tech companies like Microsoft and Amazon are just getting started in these types of acquisitions, even though they'll be on a smaller scale than Bethesda.
Sony cannot ignore Microsoft. Nintendo can definitely keep doing its own thing...until the day it can't.
I haven't tried it either, but there was a post earlier in the topic from GMM saying that progressive web apps did support controllers, so it seems like it should work.
I mean the SNES/PS1 design is really what begat most modern controllers, but this has such 1:1 compositional similarities to the Switch Pro controller I honestly thought it was one on first blush.
Good point. The analog sticks on the Pro are amazing.
It's a web app. They don't need approval. Apple even suggested to Google and Microsoft they do the same.
Yep. Fuck subscription services and fuck the executives making these moves who keep insisting this is the direction the industry is headed like it's some kind of monolithic inevitability.
Controller looks nice. Just picked up a Fire TV 4K for $25 (5 monthly payments of $5!), so hopefully I'll get in EA.
I guess if Zenimax was looking for a buyer, the last thing you'd want is that particular portfolio of franchises ending up in the hands of your competition.Perhaps?
Phil Spencer says Amazon and Google are Xbox’s real competition
Cloud gaming could be the next console warwww.polygon.com
Nintendo and especially Sony can't ignore what's going with the market. Amazon will undoubtedly acquire more studios and publishers, Sony relies on third parties for their ecosystem and Sony isn't focused on a subscription service.
Microsoft, Amazon, Google will for the intermediate term release on consoles, but they will not release their acquired publisher games on their streaming service.
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Still doubt it, but I think there's more of a chance of this than I did yesterday.
I'm ok with MS doing whatever it takes to keep Amazon, Google and Facebook from gaining a foothold in this industry, even if it means helping to strengthen the current players.
I dislike Amazon's model for streaming movies. Titles are spread across different subscriptions and providers, so the choice is complicated by having to decide whether to subscribe to yet another service just to watch one movie. I prefer the gamepass model of everything one place without any thinking.
Amazon only spreads movies out between Prime (free movies) and everything else (paid movies). The other providers and subscriptions are just them offering to let you subscribe to like HBO or Stars or whatever and view those companies' own streaming services on the same device with the same interface.
Ah alright. That makes sence. Still stupid that Apple continues to have its head up its own ass about this. I guess we just have to wait for the XCloud Web App to launch later this year.
While a little strong, this mostly reflects my thoughts.
I have to pay $60 for a controller and then also $6 per month to play Control (pretty cool!) and then a bunch of games that are 2+ years old?
Who is this good value for?
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Is the controller just the Stadia controller with a different color? lol
This already sounds better than Stadia but I am always skeptical until they really show it for real(not sure if they have only saw the initial news)
I wish the actually marketed it for them. At least that is who Stadia is for.
This already sounds better than Stadia but I am always skeptical until they really show it for real(not sure if they have only saw the initial news)
Just like Stadia I think the target audience are casuals or gaming fans that have fallen off because of work/family etc and they have a quick and easy way to pick up and revisit all the old games they may have missed in the last 10 years.
I wish the actually marketed it for them. At least that is who Stadia is for.
Ninetndo's ecosystem is pre-historic. Very frustrating. But fans don't care. Yeah, who knows how long that can keep going.
Yes, but it feels like that spread of titles onto other services has been happening from the last few years. This is purely subjective an ancedotal, but it feels like more and more titles have been moved to these other companies.
It's a complaint with the the way the industry is going, plus the user experiences. I don't wish to be shown things that aren't on the service I'm using. I don't want them appearing in my searches, getting me to click on a title and seeing that it's on another fucking service that requires more money.
EDIT - of course my annoyance isn't directed at your or your post.
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Amazon and Apple are in cahoots. Apple is probably allowing them exclusive access to their users for whatever reason (perhaps a giant check as per usual)
This has the same problem Stadia has. Lack of exclusive content. Gamepass is starting to become very desirable with its content. Google and Amazon will have to start opening up that checkbook and acquire publishers/developers if they want to compete.
Or...it's a web-based app (which has been confirmed). No cahoots. Apple's issue is making apple native apps that allow payments outside of the ecosystem, circumventing their 30% fee.
Already better then fucking stadia. Should have a prime/Luna bundle though.
Controller colour scheme is nice too.
Controller colour scheme is nice too.
I'm guessing they don't see this business as a major threat. Sony has invested and researched this segment for decades.
Both Nintendo and Sony are market leaders in gaming with real cache and premium hits people know and will pay for.
They aren't getting an app they are doing it through the web browser
Hey man, this is disrespectful to the devs who worked on the project. I know people in the cloud gaming field, and I can tell you they were very dedicated to the project.
I won't comment on the investment part because I honestly cannot grasp big corp numbers lol
What I still don't get is why are companies throwing so much money at cloud gaming when, at least on a casual glance, doesn't seem to be a market gaining traction? Does anyone have more data on this? I am very curious about the why
If Amazon is planning on having a local gaming option then I hope they buy Take Two and crack the whip at Rockstar to make them stop taking so long for every GTA.
Families who never spend more than $200 on a console and much less than that to buy games every year. Not everyone is in a position to have the latest gear right away.
Not thrilled about Amazon throwing their weight around, but it's also inevitable. A decade hence, I can see a future where the big players are Amazon and Microsoft in the cloud streaming space, and Sony and Nintendo sticking with traditional consoles (though I see Sony doing a half measure between a streaming box and a tract console still).
No idea if Google continues on with Stadia or not.
No idea if Google continues on with Stadia or not.
If Google having a hard time with game stream, Amazon will just flop. They had a hard time getting people to watch anime and the cause was that it was behind a paid wall.
Hopefully they got better UI/UX designers working on this than on their website (and especially on Prime Video).
still trying this?
game pass really will end up as cloud gaming leader
Finally a stream service that will do what stadia should've did in the first place. Unless Stadia wants to go under, they're going to have to follow suit.
Well, I guess it will be interesting to see how the tech compares to the others. Business model certainly has a big leg up over Stadia.
Haha, you might be right. If I have to "cut the cord" again I'm gonna be pissed.