Developers from Rare spoke about the success . The number of players in the multiplayer pirate action has exceeded 10 million, and in honor of this event, the authors are preparing gifts for all fans of Sea of Thieves.
In the official Sea of Thieves named the most successful IP on this generation of Xbox. However, it should be borne in mind here that 10 million users include not only buyers of the game on PC and Xbox One, but also people who launched the project through the Xbox Game Pass subscription service. Most likely, the number of sold copies of Sea of Thieves is much less, but Rare did not provide such statistics.
The developers thanked the fan community and reminded about the Legends of the Seas update, which will be released on January 15th. This patch will "celebrate the stories" of Sea of Thieves fans and also add some gifts. Anyone who logs into the game within a week of the release of the update will be able to receive gifts — a sail and a special emote.
Sea of Thieves was released on March 20, 2018 for PC and Xbox One. After the release, the project received mostly negative reviews: the game was criticized for a small amount of content and features. On Sea of Thieves (Xbox One version) has a score of 69 based on 71 reviews. Users put 5 points out of 10, 1865 people voted. The game was not abandoned after the release and was regularly provided with updates, which helped to attract an audience.
Source: 3dnews.ru