Amazon now helps you to purchase video games on Luna — however solely Ubisoft ones

Amazon now affords the flexibility to purchase video games on its Luna cloud gaming service, however the brand new characteristic comes with an enormous catch: no less than for now, you’ll solely be capable to purchase choose Ubisoft titles.

For me, Amazon was promoting video games you should buy proper on the important Luna homepage, together with the just-released Murderer’s Creed Mirage. Nevertheless, if you find yourself shopping for an Ubisoft sport on Luna, you’ll want an Amazon Prime or a Luna Plus subscription to have the ability to stream that bought sport, in line with an Amazon weblog publish concerning the characteristic.

The flexibility to purchase video games is all nicely and good by itself; beforehand, you can solely play video games on Luna by subscribing to particular channels of content material, accessing a rotating set of video games out there to Amazon Prime subscribers, or enjoying Ubisoft video games you already owned for PC on the cloud gaming service. In line with Amazon, you’ll be capable to play the Ubisoft video games you purchase by way of Luna offline in your PC, too.

However Amazon’s announcement concerning the new characteristic hints on the risk that you would be able to play these bought Ubisoft video games on different cloud companies as nicely. Right here’s the road in query from Amazon’s weblog publish and with my emphasis:

When prospects buy by way of Luna, they personal the sport license, and they’ll be capable to play on Luna or obtain for offline play by way of the Ubisoft Join PC launcher.

Because you personal the sport license, that language makes it seem to be you possibly can, say, purchase an Ubisoft sport on Luna, stream it for a bit on Luna, after which decide up your progress by way of one other cloud gaming service like Nvidia’s GeForce Now. Excellent news: after we first revealed this text, Ubisoft’s Jessica Roache confirmed to The Verge that it is possible for you to to play video games you purchase on Luna on companies like GeForce Now (although not each sport helps cross-progression).

Amazon spokesperson Sasha Mealor declined to remark, and in addition declined to remark when requested if it plans to let prospects purchase and stream non-Ubisoft video games in some unspecified time in the future sooner or later. Google provided the flexibility to purchase video games on Stadia, its now-shuttered cloud service.

Replace October sixth, 8:54PM ET: Added Ubisoft remark.