Sea of Thieves sails into uncharted waters on 30th April, when the formerly Xbox-exclusive pirate simulator catches stranger tides and arrives on PS5. In terms of performance, it will offer parity with the Xbox Series X version (60fps, 4K), and for those jumping ship or turning coat, Xbox players can transfer their progress and items over to PlayStation.
Developer Rare published an illuminating blog post, answering many of our burning PS5 questions in the process. Along with an astonishing number of Trophies for players to chase, PlayStation players are spoiled with unique cosmetics, haptic feedback allowing for greater immersion, and the DualSense's adaptive triggers are getting an adaptation.
Xbox and Steam achievements will seamlessly convert into Trophies on PS5, which feels like a first (although perhaps we weren't paying attention). Rare notes show that in-progress achievements may be lost and must be redone on PS5.
If you want to burn your bridges with former Xbox mates, PlayStation-only servers will let players deactivate cross-play functionality, restricting gaming sessions to PlayStation players only. Cross-play can also be limited to controller-only if you prefer to play with your gamepad brethren alone.
What do you think of Sea of Thieves' suite of PS5 features? Will you be diving in when this one docks? Let us know in the comments section below.
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Yeah Playatation only servers are vital considering how toxic players are to new players in the game.
Not interested in this game at all but those efforts to really link up gameplay across devices has to be applauded.
It cool that Microsoft are actually putting effort into these ports. They could have easily done the bare minimum like plenty of studios do.
You left out that the game requires a Microsoft account in order to play the game (even if not using cross-play).
@DarkTron Is this really a big deal? You need an account for pretty much any piece of tech these days. I don't see why you're acting like this is a negative towards Microsoft.
It's great to see a game like this reach more players.
@AverageGamer Microsoft gets a lot of hate but they are a business and want to perform well. Of all the industries to cut corners in, the gaming industry has to be one of the most damaging to do so in. Especially in recent years, where gamers (myself included) are tired of busted ports and cheap servers, poor optimization etc.
If the Xbox is doing as poorly as it seems, it’s good to see them taking this situation seriously. Also sea of thieves is a great, chill and fun game. Will be transferring my account over without a doubt.
@DarkTron I had to use an old playstation account to play helldivers 2 on steam and I'm public enemy #1 as far as SCE is concerned
@DarkTron NO NOT AN ACCOUNT! THAT COULD TAKES MINUTES!
@DarkTron You mean to tell me that a Microsoft developed GaaS running on Microsoft-hosted servers utilizing Microsoft-based services and technology requires a Microsoft account?!
::Gasp::
0/10!
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