'There aren’t other systems where we can go do that today.'

But ensuring that you have a connected ecosystem with the players, where people’s save game and their state and their friends list and their entitlements move seamlessly from every ecosystem-from every device-that they want to play on is critical,' he told Stephen Totilo. 'The games themselves are critically important to players and people playing. In an interview with Kotaku last year, Spencer was pressed on the possibility of games like Sea of Thieves coming to PlayStation or even Switch consoles. Phil Spencer, head of Xbox, has long touted the benefits of cross-play, and has stated that Microsoft thinks of Xbox as a platform, not a console - potentially paving the way for Xbox first-party games jumping to rival systems - like the PlayStation 4 or 5. Rare, the developer of Sea of Thieves, is a first-party studio - which means they're owned by Microsoft, and so develop solely for Microsoft platforms (including PC) - but there is still a chance that it's a 'maybe' - but more as a way to get the Xbox ecosystem onto other consoles. Will Sea of Thieves Be on PS4 or PlayStation 5? There is no question years after launch that it has proved to be one of Microsoft's best Xbox One releases to date, with a fantastic community and enduring popularity.

Launching to tepid critical response, the multiplayer pirate title has grown in popularity thanks to streamers and word of mouth - and probably through Xbox Game Pass, too. One surprising success, however, has been Rare's Sea of Thieves - a game that took full advantage of the 'games as a service' movement. Microsoft's Xbox hasn't had the easiest of rides, with the console being trounced by Sony's PlayStation 4 in this generation, with one reason for this being a lack of huge exclusives to compete with the likes of God of War and the upcoming The Last Of Us Part 2.

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