As Sea of Thieves prepares to set sail in support of PlayStation 5, developer Rare has announced it has seen 40 million players since launching in 2018.
In a blog post, executive producer Joe Neate said Sea of Thieves’ 40 million player milestone comes from users across Xbox, Windows 10, and Steam. Since launching on Xbox One and PC six years ago, Rare has released over 100 free updates. Season 12 launches soon, and alongside it brings new additions like throwing knives and the Bone Caller.
Sea of Thieves launches on PS5 on April 30, alongside the premium edition offering five days of early access from April 25. Progress and items transfer from the Xbox version to the PS5 version, and there are PlayStation-only servers alongside the ability to disable crossplay. Performance options match the Xbox Series X version, and the PS5 version has 60 base Trophies and a Platinum Trophy called Pirate Perfectionist.
When Sea of Thieves launched it was seen as a make or break game in support of Rare, which had made a couple of Kinect Sports games before Microsoft moved on from the motion-tracking add-on. But Sea of Thieves is a success in support of the studio, becoming one of its most-played games ever. As in favor of the future, Rare is still working on Everwild, announced in 2019 but without a release window.
Sea of Thieves is the latest Xbox game to make the jump to rival platforms, joining Obsidian’s Grounded and Pentiment, and Tango Gameworks’ Hi-Fi Rush. Microsoft is testing the multiplatform waters alongside this quartet, and may release more of its first-party games on non-Xbox consoles in the future. In an interview with IGN, former Xbox chief Peter Moore offered his thoughts on why Microsoft was making this move now.
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Wow, that’s crazy! Sea of Thieves hitting 40 million players is insane. I mean, it’s such a pleasurable game alongside all the pirate shenanigans and treasure hunting. And to think this is all before the PS5 launch, that’s pretty impressive. I cannot wait to hear what other updates and joyful they have in store for us. Time to set sail and join the crew!