Xbox is testing ad-supported game streaming. Amazon is folding Luna into Prime Video. Both admit cloud gaming has not worked yet.
23-07-2026 18:54 via thenextweb.com

Xbox is testing ad-supported game streaming. Amazon is folding Luna into Prime Video. Both admit cloud gaming has not worked yet.

Microsoft and Amazon announced new cloud gaming strategies on the same day, each acknowledging in different ways that the category has not reached the audience they expected. Xbox will test ad-supported game streaming, letting users in its Insider Programme stream games they already own for free with a one-hour session limit and advertising. Amazon is […]
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