Sea of Thieves Players on PS5 Will Need a Microsoft Account to Play

If they’re as ace at handling this as they are all of the mind numbingly repetitive log ins I have to use for work, we’re all in for a treat.

Oh, sweet! I get to pick up where I left off because my progress will transfer. Nice! I can't think of any other game more important than this one to have progress transferring for multiplayer.

Hmm, I wonder if cross save will auto pop trophies for the achievements we already have.

Expected. Microsoft needs PlayStation (and Nintendo) gamers for Xbox “engagement” numbers. Just more proof that all Xbox “exclusives” are going multiplat. To meme it…

“All your games are belong to us”

Feel like it's expected. Regardless I don't really care about the game.

@Khayl

Stephen Totilo, formerly of Bloomberg

Little mistake there. Totilo worked at Axios (after leaving Kotaku). Jason Schreier works at Bloomberg (after leaving Kotaku). Understandably easy to mix up.

@Jamesblob There’s login mechanics on literally every game that’s persistently online like this.

@Amnesiac

Haha. You sure said it.

I wasn't going to play Sea of Thieves and this makes it a even easier choice.

@Impossibilium right you are! Thanks for that, updated

Very expected when it includes cross save and cross progression (admittedly I actually wish more games included this). But like @lacerz says it’s mainly going to lead to inflated engagement stats and Philly Spence banging on about how much the Xbox brand has grown this time next year. It won’t be “Millions of players are now playing our games on PS and switch” it will be “Xbox has seen ___% engagement growth in the last 12 months….look shareholder’s are you seeing these frikkin numbers yo?!?….No don’t ask questions it’s all Xbox growth”

Strictly speaking he won’t be lying but it also doesn’t tell the whole picture.

Well I won't be buying it that's for sure. I definitely don't want to support GamePass in any way shape or form as I think the sooner it dies the better.

Minecraft does this, nothing new.

@MrMagic how is paying up to 100 dollars for a video game that likely sucks better? I recall people here excited for ps plus tiers believing it would be a game pass competitor, if game pass went away I'm sure you guys would complain about pc playing sony games like helldivers online no subscription required like someone already has 🙄

@Deityjester I only buy physical so I always have the option to sell, trade or even gift if needs be, although I rarely do. Trailers, reviews, word of mouth and knowing what I like is usually more than enough to pick a game and it is easy enough to wait for a sale if I'm not sure on a game. I also only pay about £65 for a new copy even though they're £70 on PSN there's always a brick and mortar or online shop selling them cheaper.

I've tried GamePass and Extra they aren't for me but I can forgive Extra because it isn't trying to replace the model we have now.

Here you should check what the Larian CEO said about day and date subs because I view it in a similar way to him.

https://www.eurogamer.net/larian-studios-games-wont-be-on-subscription-services-says-ceo-swen-vincke

@MrMagic "sooner it dies the better"
Ehh. Sea of Thieves was released 6 years ago. It's really taking it's time to die

I would not be surprised if it sold 2-3 additional millions copies on PlayStation.

@Godot25 I was talking about GamePass, it's right there in my comment. I have nothing against Sea of thieves.

@MrMagic You know that Game Pass isn't going anywhere right?

Currently it seems like Microsoft will put Call of Duty into Game Pass day one. Which speak for itself.

@Godot25 Yeah and I hope that seriously hurts Activision and kills cod, even if it is just slowly but surely because that sucks as well these days.

@MrMagic It more looks like PlayStation players with their COD purchases will be funding ability of Xbox Game Pass members to play COD in Game Pass

Definitely expected if the game allows cross-progression - can't really do that any other way (save for requiring additional, game-specific accounts on all platforms, which is definitely not the way)

@Godot25 Sure they will but millions of players on Xbox are about to stop buying it so I'm banking on it not growing GamePass in any significant way. Only time will tell if that's the case though. 😉👍

@Jamesblob What?
1. Microsoft haven't ordered Sony to created bloated first-party games that costs 300 million dollars to make. But that's what you need to spend to create huge open world game with 10 hours of cinematics and other unnecessary ***** included.
2. Since OG Call of Duty deal with Activision was abolished, Sony will earn even more from Call of Duty, because Sony got only 20% cut from every purchase based on deal with Activision. That is now reverting back to standard 30%.
3. It's not Microsoft's problem that Sony can't afford it. No business in the world should care if XYZ competitor can create something to compete with them.
4. Nobody ever asked Helldivers 2 to come to Game Pass. Are there requests for Xbox port? Absolutely. But not for Game Pass.

So yeah. Sony will basically fund ability of Microsoft to put Call of Duty into Game Pass. So...thanks in advance

@MrMagic Since 9% of Activision Blizzard revenue was accounted to Xbox (and even less of that was purchases for Call of Duty), I guess Microsoft will be more than fine...

@Godot25 Don't worry I'm counting on quite a few things hurting it this year. Hopefully it all adds up. Then hopefully GTA will damage the next one.
I'm not after immediate satisfaction, as I said before it'll be a slow process.

@MrMagic Good for you.

See you until then (probably in year 2100)

Least surprising news of the century. Absolutely expected.

Just like I already do when I log in to Minecraft on my Switch, which instantly gives me access to all my settings/stuff from PC and Xbox.

Far better than say the irritating stupidity with TESO where my accounts on PC, Xbox and PS are balkanised.

Some people will cry and complain about everything.

@MrMagic I absolutely agree!

@Godot25 Cod is not doing well at the moment and it hasn't increased console sales for Xbox. Microsoft is doing fine but the Xbox division is not.

@Defcon5 And which COD game is in Game Pass or was in Game Pass day one? So how exactly could Modern warfare 3 "increase sales of Xbox consoles" or Game pass subscriptions?

Because Modern Warfare 3 still had marketing deal with Sony (hence why Sony was selling PS5 COD: MW3 bundles). And for game that "is not doing well at the moment" MW3 was still best selling game on PS5 in January

It's the same with Sea of Thieves and Grounded on Steam. Not the worst thing since once you log-in you kinda just forget about it.

Microsoft deleted my Microsoft account for inactivity around a decade ago, losing all my accomplishments. I’m still bitter about it.

I had a Microsoft account before I had an xbox. It was originally made for emails and I never knew other email platforms at the time.

Genuine question. Why would anyone care about this? Why would it be seen as an issue?

Let's get a couple things straight...

• Logging into publisher accounts has been around for years.
• Xbox and Game Pass aren't going any time soon. Stats show that game pass subscribers spend more money on games despite being subscribed to the subscription.
• SoT has a pretty consistent player base and will be the best live service game on PS when it launches.

See you on the sea! Arrr!

Good, it means I can play on my save between PC and PS5 and I'll be able to play this with my son now too

@MrMagic why you want gamepass to fail it's awesome 😭 theres tons of awesome indies IV played through it which I would never have even known about if not for gamepass still buy em too for example played momodora so bought minoria when saw was by same people. I hope it goes forever n keeps supporting plenty of indie games companies 🙂

Making you jump through hoops to play a game. I downloaded one of Capcom's new games at the time on GamePass, the game where you shoot dinosaurs I am sure it's called Exoprimal. The game requires you to make an Capcom account to play it, I deleted the game. It's not the point I already have a Microsoft account, no game should require you to make an account to play a game.

Imagine being that desperate for Gamepass to fail. Why does it affect you @MrMagic? Because it’s a positive on the Xbox side?

Also yea most people already have a Microsoft account of some sort so no issue here.

@K1LLEGAL It won't effect just me it'll effect all gamers and the industry and the model we have now. I'm not going to explain everything I dislike about the model because I'm sick of explaining why it needs to die but the quicker it dies the better.

@MrMagic you know it’s completely voluntary/optional right (except first party)? Xbox could offer an Indie Developer £1m to put their game on Gamepass and they can take it or leave it. No gun to their head.

The only issue I see with Gamepass being around as an option is some people waiting for games to hit the service - but that can be fixed with transparency. E.g. Larian saying Baldur’s Gate won’t be on Gamepass.

@K1LLEGAL I have no problem with GamePass becoming indie pass but it wants to be more than that and Microsoft want it to be more than that.

Sure all Publishers and Studios can say my game will never be on GamePass or it'll be X amount of time until it goes on but that can have adverse effects as well, that's why they don't and only Studios like Larian can afford that luxury.

Just give it up, you'll never change my mind. GamePass needs to die or change to be more like Sony's sub model and then I'll except it but until then I'll be wishing for its downfall.

@MrMagic I didn’t expect that I could change your mind. I’ve seen your comments and can see how much you hate Xbox 😂.

Anyway regardless, I don’t think you should skip good games for some random pony fanboy angle. Sea of Thieves is awesome and I wish I had more time to play it. But upto you.

@K1LLEGAL I've never had an interest in sea of thieves but I'll probably play Hifi Rush eventually. I've got so many games that I want to play and need to get through first that by the time I'm ready for it I'll probably get it in a sale or something. I've also owned every generation of Xbox apart from this one. I don't actually hate Xbox I just dislike a lot of the things they do these days and the direction they've been going.

@MrMagic I only buy physical as well for both consoles. I have no interest in renting games indefinitely through subscriptions. For my Xbox I hate that they got rid of Xbox live. So technically I’m a game pass subscriber just because I want to play online with friends. So it’s also why GP has increased in users as they got rid of Xbox Live only.

@thefourfoldroot1 You had to spend 2 years without using anything from Microsoft for this to happen, it would be horrible if it happened to me, but it is something extremely difficult to achieve.

@MaikonCSGarcia
Not too difficult. I had a 360 but didn’t get an Xbox One 🤷‍♂️

@thefourfoldroot1 Of course, but you had to not use Windows with your account, or even log into your email, no One Drive. This is very difficult for me to be honest.

@MaikonCSGarcia
Didn’t have a home PC, had a Hotmail account long before I had anything Xbox related, and don’t save anything in the cloud 🤷‍♂️