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As of April 10th they've begun doubling-down on their own direct features and built-in services, rather than partnering up with anyone else. Removing purchases, extra subscriptions and third-party stores. So this makes their service a lot more restricted in what you can actually play, with Amazon having full control over everything that's available in the rotating catalogue of titles.
The main changes are:
- A-la-carte game purchases are no longer available. Previously purchased titles will remain playable through June 10, 2026, after which they will be removed from Luna.
- Bring Your Own Library will no longer be supported. Games previously played in this manner will no longer be playable on Luna after June 10, 2026.
- Ubisoft+ and Jackbox Games subscriptions sold through Luna are discontinued. New subscriptions are no longer available for purchase, and any active subscriptions purchased from Luna will be cancelled at the end of your next billing cycle.
- Third-party game stores (EA, Ubisoft, and GOG) are being removed from the Luna platform.
Source: Amazon
You don't lose access to your third-party games, as you'll continue to have them on whatever store they were purchased through - you just won't be able to access them via Amazon Luna going forwards. However, titles purchased via Luna in their "A-la-carte" system will not be giving you any refunds for any lost titles.
This is on top of all the changes they made to Luna late last year, when they retired the Prime Gaming brand to bundle everything under the Amazon Luna label. Which included more of a focus on their social party games.
So with all these changes you still get access to Amazon Luna with Amazon Prime with a bunch of select titles, plus you can subscribe directly for the extra Luna Premium to get even more third-party title access.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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At least gog keys they "offered" are still owned by us, not "rented".
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Caldathras 3 hours ago
Quoting: ZlopezCloud gaming is a curse, but I expect it to be more popular with the memory prices going up.Nah, I just won't purchase games that won't run in the amount of RAM I have (i.e., they'll just have to design their games to run in less RAM or they won't get my gaming dollar).
Wolfenprey 2 hours ago
I suppose they'll have to consider Geforce Now? At least while that's still around.
Apparently it's about 3 years old and it's already being chopped up. That's not encouraging.
I bought Madden on Luna in January. And now it's either gone or will be available still but with a premium subscription. I guess me and Madden are not going to happen.
Luna was OK-ish:
- game loading time was quite slow
- no IPv6
- no convenient app on Linux/Steam Deck. Browser wrapping is the only way and that also had some issues, e.g. after suspend.
Quoting: scaineI suppose they'll have to consider Geforce Now? At least while that's still around."Advocates" of subscription bit on re****** side. Normal people, general populous who got (barely afford) low end (sub ~0.5K) PC or even mid range ones (1K+) won't be ditching nice cash (0.1K-0.2K annually, soon more) for subscription. Location important and internet service comes into play too. RAM (hardware) price increase won't drive people to subscribe, just simple BS. People skimping, not double down on spending if things get to expensive.
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