Luna – Cloud gaming service

Post by hombre_fatal » Thu, Sep 24, 2020, 7:52 PM UTC

dubcanada wrote: post #5

echelon wrote: post #2

This was always Amazon's play with Twitch. Amazon will be able to make a much more compelling attempt at the market than Google with Stadia. I still worry about these streaming platforms. Ease of use goes up, but it turns the industry into a subscription economy. Maybe attention fulfillment maps better to subscription than to purchase, as there's less buyer's remorse? I still don't like it.

Let's say you have a game, say you are Ubisoft. You distribute with Amazon Luna, I assume you get some sort of money, something like for every hour played on X game you get $0.0000005 or something silly like that. Basically you get a rough amount of money from people playing your game every month. I fail to see how that is any different then a Steam or GameStop based distribution. Which is... You find a publisher, th…

Post by neaden » Thu, Sep 24, 2020, 7:54 PM UTC

mmcdermott wrote: post #4

echelon wrote: post #2

This was always Amazon's play with Twitch. Amazon will be able to make a much more compelling attempt at the market than Google with Stadia. I still worry about these streaming platforms. Ease of use goes up, but it turns the industry into a subscription economy. Maybe attention fulfillment maps better to subscription than to purchase, as there's less buyer's remorse? I still don't like it.

That's kind of where my headspace is as well. I tend to view subscription services as a way to look for stuff I like and when I've found stuff I like, I want to add it to my own library. Luna may be technically superior, but I will avoid it as long as I possibly can.

Post by rayhendricks » Thu, Sep 24, 2020, 7:56 PM UTC

QuixoticQuibit wrote: post #9

This feels like an appropriate place to rant on something that’s been bothering me for a while. It’s really disappointing to me to see every single form of entertainment becoming a subscription service. It’s also the same problem you see with various apps/software trying the SaaS model, even when it doesn’t make sense. Are we going to have exclusive games requiring multiple subscriptions to enjoy the content you want…

Post by hombre_fatal » Thu, Sep 24, 2020, 8:00 PM UTC

dubcanada wrote: post #14

hombre_fatal wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The difference is that players don't need to invest anything to play your game, just like I don't need to buy or rent a specific DVD to watch a movie anymore. They don't need to pay additional money, they don't need to install it. One advantage is that there's no barrier to trying out your game. The other is that your game now runs on anything.

It's different for the end-user, yes. But from a developer/game business point of view it's the exact same. Maybe less earnings, but there isn't any details on that to confirm so it's just speculation.

Post by echelon » Thu, Sep 24, 2020, 8:00 PM UTC

neaden wrote: post #13

mmcdermott wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's kind of where my headspace is as well. I tend to view subscription services as a way to look for stuff I like and when I've found stuff I like, I want to add it to my own library. Luna may be technically superior, but I will avoid it as long as I possibly can.

I'm the opposite I think. With the exception of video and board games, I don't own much of the media I consume. I read probably over a dozen books from the library for every one I buy and I think I've probably bought maybe 5 DVDs in the past decade. I listen to the radio a lot, but rarely buy an album.