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

Amazon now provides the flexibility to purchase video games on its Luna cloud gaming service, however the brand new characteristic comes with a giant catch: at the very least for now, you’ll solely have the ability to purchase choose Ubisoft titles.

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

The flexibility to purchase video games is all effectively and good by itself; beforehand, you could possibly solely play video games on Luna by subscribing to particular channels of content material, accessing a rotating set of video games obtainable to Amazon Prime subscribers, or taking part in Ubisoft video games you already owned for PC on the cloud gaming service. In keeping with Amazon, you’ll have the ability to play the Ubisoft video games you purchase by Luna offline in your PC, too.

However Amazon’s announcement in regards to the new characteristic hints on the chance that you could play these bought Ubisoft video games on different cloud companies as effectively. Right here’s the road in query from Amazon’s weblog publish and with my emphasis:

When clients buy by Luna, they personal the sport license, and they’ll have the ability 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 look like you may, say, purchase an Ubisoft recreation on Luna, stream it for a bit on Luna, after which decide up your progress by 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 recreation helps cross-progression).

Amazon spokesperson Sasha Mealor declined to remark, and likewise declined to remark when requested if it plans to let clients purchase and stream non-Ubisoft video games sooner or later sooner or later. Google supplied the flexibility to purchase video games on Stadia, its now-shuttered cloud service.

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