As cloud computing technology becomes more and more powerful, cloud services have penetrated into various fields, cloud gaming services are the hottest topic so far this year, the U.S. Internet company giants Microsoft, Google has launched cloud gaming services one after another. Recently, the cloud game market has added a strong competitor, Amazon announced its official entry into the cloud game market, launched the Luna service.

     What is cloud gaming service

Cloud gaming is a new game model launched on the basis of cloud computing, where the game is run on the server side and the rendered and compressed game screen is transmitted to the user side through the network, so that the user side can get rid of the dependence on high-end processors and graphics cards. We all know that running certain large online games requires powerful hardware, but the cloud gaming service only requires basic video decompression capabilities to get a smooth, clear gaming experience.

     Amazon Luna cloud gaming service

It is understood that Amazon's Luna cloud game service is running on AWS game servers, users can play through multiple devices, including smartphones, tablets, PCs, Macs and Fire Tv and other devices. TV, cell phones, Mac systems can be seamlessly switch between games.

Amazon Luna service will be divided into multiple channels, at present, in addition to the Luna + channel, there is also the Ubisoft channel launched in conjunction with Ubisoft, although now the platform is only open to invite the use of the trial phase, Luna + channel has supported a number of popular games on the market, such as "Resident Evil 7", "control", "Sonic Mania" and so on.

Amazon said that the Luna+ channel provides games with a resolution of up to 1080p, running at 60 fps, and in order to bring users the ultimate enjoyment of the gaming experience as much as possible, 4K resolution games will be launched in the future.

     The increasingly competitive cloud game market

Before Amazon launched the service, Google, Microsoft, Nvidia have released cloud gaming services, but Google's Stadia cloud gaming service was controversial when it was first launched because of the game delay problem, with such a previous experience, Amazon also launched the Luna Controller custom game handle, the handle will be directly connected to the cloud server, to a certain extent to improve the game The problem of delay, to provide players with a one-to-one gaming experience.

However, it is worth noting that although the cloud game service is not much of a requirement for the player's hardware equipment, but the player's Internet speed conditions must be at least 10Mbp or more to run cloud games smoothly, and cloud games consume traffic extremely fast, if the player does not want to break through the traffic ceiling, it is best to have unlimited traffic service.

Amazon Luna cloud game service is still in the trial stage, as for the official release time Amazon did not clearly indicate, but Amazon backed by a strong cloud computing technology, I believe that good cloud game service is not difficult.