Joe Neate (Sea of Thieves) on the Current Uptick of the Game (MAU, Sales and Game Pass Are All on the Rise) *Update: 9th Highest "Top Paid" Title

Dancrane212 · Jan 23, 2019

Update Jan 29th:

Dancrane212 said:
Sea of Thieves is now the 9th best selling game on Xbox vs being the 32nd last week.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/top-paid/games/xbox

Original Post:

Nothing too surprising given the status of the game on Twitch, but figured it was worth noting just to get confirmation.

Also addresses the current ban of cheaters (a very small percentage) and the reconfirms the already announced updates.

SuikerBrood · Jan 23, 2019

It would be complete nonsense to think the rise in popularity on Twitch and social media wouldn't affect game sales, Gamepass subscriptions and monthly active users.

These streams are like free commercials.

Deleted member 49438 · Jan 23, 2019

Great for them. Game was definitely lacking content on release, but they've done a good job of providing significant content updates. Personally not up my alley, but I'm glad people are starting to get the experiences they've been looking for.

Dancrane212 · Jan 23, 2019

SuikerBrood said:
It would be complete nonsense to think the rise in popularity on Twitch and social media wouldn't affect game sales, Gamepass subscriptions and monthly active users.

You'd be surprised going off some of the comments I've seen online. Great to see things are picking up for the game though.

Brass Body Dave · Jan 23, 2019

Game is fantastic and only getting better. A real unique gem of a game that I hope everyone gets to try.

Akai · Jan 23, 2019

Also confirming that "Inside Xbox" is returning on the 5th of February? Was this already known?

Dancrane212 · Jan 23, 2019

Akai said:
Also confirming that "Inside Xbox" is returning on the 5th of February? Was this already known?

I thought it was but I must have been thinking about Klobrille teasing it in a tweet.

Skittles · Jan 23, 2019

Atlas sucking ass really gave this game a boost lol

sibarraz · Jan 23, 2019

Skittles said:
Atlas sucking ass really gave this game a boost lol

Wasn't Atlas a good game with some rough edges that people decided to highlight ignoring everything else? Besides, the game seems to be popular on twitch

WellbornWarrior · Jan 23, 2019

If so many people play it I wonder why I always see so little player ships when I play. Would love it to be a bit more crowded in the seas.

Reckheim · Jan 23, 2019

I was wrong about this game, i'll probably never come back to it but i'm glad its doing well. I thought it'd be dead in the water by now.

wwm0nkey · Jan 23, 2019

WellbornWarrior said:
If so many people play it I wonder why I always see so little player ships when I play. Would love it to be a bit more crowded in the seas.

That's just server limitations

Deleted member 18951 · Jan 23, 2019

Rare are fucking back, baby!

TheCanisDirus · Jan 23, 2019

WellbornWarrior said:
If so many people play it I wonder why I always see so little player ships when I play. Would love it to be a bit more crowded in the seas.

This. It's VERY rare to see a full server in my experience.

Rare was back a year ago when SoT released... then the playerbase dried up... now they're back again? For a few weeks? A month? We know it's unlikely they'll keep the numbers again as this resurgence came out of nowhere for no other reason than Summit began to stream it again and started developing a crazy following. It's been 2 months since the last real update so it wasn't based on new content. The "stuff" added to the game since launch is great (IMO) but not drastically different, or deep enough to keep the players engaged (as most seem to be PvP focused Twitch viewers) until Arena is launched (seems like it's months away from what Joe's said). I'm excited for SoT but still think it should have been delayed a year and come out with everything included so far plus Arena, Pets, Fishing and more islands and mission variety.

SoT has the best "bones"... it would have made an amazing MMO-esq pirate game.

InfinityDOK · Jan 23, 2019

Dancrane212 said:
I thought it was but I must have been thinking about Klobrille teasing it in a tweet.

There was a developer stream yesterday that said there was one on the 5th, he must have gotten it from there

Brass Body Dave · Jan 23, 2019

WellbornWarrior said:
If so many people play it I wonder why I always see so little player ships when I play. Would love it to be a bit more crowded in the seas.

I think the balance is perfect, because you can't trust anyone! Every time you see someone it's very OH SHIT

Deleted member 18951 · Jan 23, 2019

InfinityDOK said:
There was a developer stream yesterday that said there was one on the 5th, he must have gotten it from there

Joe says it in the video in the OP, blatantly as hell - the scoundrel!

Theorry · Jan 23, 2019

Good to hear the first combat tweaks are coming already on feb 6th.

RF Switch · Jan 23, 2019

Complete o

WellbornWarrior said:
If so many people play it I wonder why I always see so little player ships when I play. Would love it to be a bit more crowded in the seas.

complete opposite experience for me as my crew is constantly hassled even without anything on our boat. Is it possible a NAT restriction could be an issue for you?

cakely · Jan 23, 2019

It looks like Sea of Thieves is the #32 game on Xbox's most played list.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/top-paid/games/xbox

Is that a big increase from previous weeks?

SuikerBrood · Jan 23, 2019

cakely said:
It looks like Sea of Thieves is the #32 game on Xbox's most played list.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/top-paid/games/xbox

Is that a big increase from previous weeks?

It was #39 at the end of december.

You are linking to the top paid list. Where it is also in the top 50.

cakely · Jan 23, 2019

SuikerBrood said:
It was #39 at the end of december.

You are linking to the top paid list. Where it is also in the top 50.

Sorry, I was actually looking at the top played list.

So, that's a pretty significant jump. The developer update checks out.

Dancrane212 · Jan 23, 2019

cakely said:
Sorry, I was actually looking at the top played list.

So, that's a pretty significant jump. The developer update checks out.

PC Store is right behind Minecraft but there's a lot less competition over there.

a Master Ninja · Jan 23, 2019

Rare should probably give Summit1G a custom cosmetic item or something. He's basically the reason this is happening (obviously Shrouded Spoils was a good update). As I'm typing this Sea of Thieves is the #2 game on Twitch.

ghostcrew · Jan 23, 2019

SuikerBrood said:
It was #39 at the end of december.

You are linking to the top paid list. Where it is also in the top 50.

It's #21 on the U.K. most played. U.K. position for Sea of Thieves has always been higher than the US I think?

SuikerBrood · Jan 23, 2019

ghostcrew said:
It's #21 on the U.K. most played. U.K. position for Sea of Thieves has always been higher than the US I think?

Yup.

Komo · Jan 23, 2019

a Master Ninja said:
Rare should probably give Summit1G a custom cosmetic item or something. He's basically the reason this is happening (obviously Shrouded Spoils was a good update). As I'm typing this Sea of Thieves is the #2 game on Twitch.

I know Epic did with the Summit Strike.

Dancrane212 · Jan 29, 2019

Sea of Thieves is now the 9th best selling game on Xbox vs being the 32nd last week.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/top-paid/games/xbox

ghostcrew · Jan 29, 2019

Dancrane212 said:
Sea of Thieves now in the 9th best selling game on Xbox vs being the 32nd last week.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/top-paid/games/xbox

That's quite a leap... Game was 50% off last week, good timing.

Abudiix · Jan 29, 2019

Rare should give summit that Epic Ninja fortnite treatment. The dude gave life back to a dead game

THEVOID · Jan 29, 2019

Abudiix said:
Rare should give summit that Epic Ninja fortnite treatment. The dude gave life back to a dead game

It was never dead.

Abudiix · Jan 29, 2019

THEVOID said:
It was never dead.

It was barely alive. Many left it and it was at the bottom of twitch. I remember when it came out it was empty and many shat on it. The game has been improved since but it still has the same problems with the terrible combat and boring fetch quests

Danzflor · Jan 29, 2019

I haven't touched this game since I reviewed it last year and was fairly dissapointing by it. I may reinstall it this weekend to give it a go again.

Abudiix said:
It was barely alive. Many left it and it was at the bottom of twitch. I remember when it came out it was empty and many shat on it. The game has been improved since but it still has the same problems with the terrible combat and boring fetch quests

Uh oh. Um, this was he main reason I stopped playing, still being the same? Like, I loved just sailing and exploring but the combat and quests killed the joy for me.

More Butter · Jan 29, 2019

Game is really special. I'm looking forward to combat improvements though.

CircusOfValues · Jan 29, 2019

Abudiix said:
it was at the bottom of twitch

Are you suggesting that if a game is not being streamed then people aren't playing it?

Silky · Jan 29, 2019

Rare deserves every single drop of this success

SuikerBrood · Jan 29, 2019

Abudiix said:
It was barely alive. Many left it and it was at the bottom of twitch. I remember when it came out it was empty and many shat on it. The game has been improved since but it still has the same problems with the terrible combat and boring fetch quests

It has always been in the top 50 most played games on Xbox. But recently it increased from 30-40th place to 20-30th place in most regions.

Danzflor said:
I haven't touched this game since I reviewed it last year and was fairly dissapointing by it. I may reinstall it this weekend to give it a go again.

Uh oh. Um, this was he main reason I stopped playing, still being the same? Like, I loved just sailing and exploring but the combat and quests killed the joy for me.

The core game is still the same. The game just throws more stuff at you. More krakens, ghost ships, megalodons. More skeleton forts. Added volcanos and fog. It feels a bit more alive.

Gavin Stevens · Jan 29, 2019

I LOVED playing sea of thieves. It was an incredible looking world, which was so much fun... it just needed a single player/coop game with it. That was all. A proper game behind it.

But the world they created, the way it played, it was all too notch, and I hate to see it get bad mouthed. I would rather play it than many of the new big hitters that people for some reason love. At least it was FUN.

kadotsu · Jan 29, 2019

If they can capitalize on this then great for them. I doubt their current dev velocity will satisfy the playerbase for long, though.

DevilMayGuy · Jan 29, 2019

The resurgence of this game has been a sight to behold

Danzflor · Jan 29, 2019

Abudiix said:
The core game is still the same. The game just throws more stuff at you. More krakens, ghost ships, megalodons. More skeleton forts. Added volcanos and fog. It feels a bit more alive.

One of my main issues was how empty everything felt, so this is good news.

Abudiix · Jan 29, 2019

Danzflor said:
One of my main issues was how empty everything felt, so this is good news.

Yeah I left it because of the empty ness but I will try it again next month hopefully I can feel the difference

SuikerBrood · Jan 29, 2019

I'd say wait till february the fifth. They'll talk more about what they are going to add to Sea of Thieves on Inside Xbox that day. It's possible they'll talk about the new content update which will add more storyline and more quest diversity to the game.

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