Mockduck Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 I looked recently at Google Stadia (RIP), which was actually pretty great for VCS owners. Amazon Luna is still here and worth checking out for $10: There's also Antstream (the absolute best), Geforce Now, and Xbox game pass currently active on the VCS, and anything else through Chrome. It's a great way to get in tons of gaming for cheap and explore both modern and retro games. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clint Thompson Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 GeForce Now is where it's at for the VCS imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted January 23 Author Share Posted January 23 10 hours ago, Clint Thompson said: GeForce Now is where it's at for the VCS imo. It's next to check out for me, but it's going to take a bit of time to figure out how to use it and how it works. Never really messed with it outside of once trying to figure out how to play Minecraft through it so I could try a local co-op thing, but it didn't work due to Microsoft account issues with Minecraft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMaddog Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 I can see the basic Luna subscription being a good match for the VCS with the retro arcade games (Capcom titles) and small indie stuff. And if anyone wants to check out the AAA open world games from Ubisoft then there's that tier too. But in addition to an existing Xbox Game Pass sub with lots of games, both indie & AAA, probably not worth the extra subscriptrion cost IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clint Thompson Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 7 hours ago, Mockduck said: It's next to check out for me, but it's going to take a bit of time to figure out how to use it and how it works. Never really messed with it outside of once trying to figure out how to play Minecraft through it so I could try a local co-op thing, but it didn't work due to Microsoft account issues with Minecraft. It's surprisingly good, the account setup was a little PITA but once I got it going, it ran Cyberpunk 2077 just as I would expect and that's using their free per hour use account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justclaws Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 On 1/21/2023 at 7:01 PM, Mockduck said: I looked recently at Google Stadia (RIP), which was actually pretty great for VCS owners. Amazon Luna is still here and worth checking out for $10: [] There's also Antstream (the absolute best), Geforce Now, and Xbox game pass currently active on the VCS, and anything else through Chrome. It's a great way to get in tons of gaming for cheap and explore both modern and retro games. Amazon Luna reports all games "not available in your region" when I try it. It seems that it only works in the USA (and Canada?) at the moment. I miss Stadia... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted January 27 Author Share Posted January 27 9 minutes ago, justclaws said: Amazon Luna reports all games "not available in your region" when I try it. It seems that it only works in the USA (and Canada?) at the moment. I miss Stadia... Correct, US only. There is a Beta in Europe supposedly but I don't know how or if anyone can sign up for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+joeatari1 Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 1 hour ago, justclaws said: Amazon Luna reports all games "not available in your region" when I try it. It seems that it only works in the USA (and Canada?) at the moment. I miss Stadia... Curious if you could use it with a VPN in the U.S.? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted February 4 Author Share Posted February 4 On 1/23/2023 at 1:01 AM, Clint Thompson said: GeForce Now is where it's at for the VCS imo. I think it depends on how big your Steam and Epic libraries are, and why you'd want to get that gaming on the VCS over the PC you maybe already have in your house. For me, I think $10 for Luna for 30 days would get me more gaming than the same price for GeForce Now, but I'd also be happy to drop the $10 to make a multiplayer gaming session easy at a friend's house or while traveling or whatever and doing that through the VCS would totally get the job done well. I finally got around to spending a few weeks with GeForce Now and have put together my video on it: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMaddog Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 2 hours ago, Mockduck said: I think it depends on how big your Steam and Epic libraries are, and why you'd want to get that gaming on the VCS over the PC you maybe already have in your house. For me, I think $10 for Luna for 30 days would get me more gaming than the same price for GeForce Now, but I'd also be happy to drop the $10 to make a multiplayer gaming session easy at a friend's house or while traveling or whatever and doing that through the VCS would totally get the job done well. I see a GeForce Now sub being good for playing a Steam game on a RTX card if your PC doesn't have one. But yeah, it would be nice if there was a SteamLink or Moonlight app for the VCS that existing PC gamers could use for in-house streaming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 I wrap up the Atari VCS cloud gaming services with a look at the biggest: Xbox Cloud Gaming and Game Pass Ultimate: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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