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The waters were a touch rocky for Sea of Thieves when the game launched back in early 2018, but Rare has stuck by the game and transformed it into a solid success. Sea of Thieves now easily stands as the most successful new Xbox IP of this generation and recently passed the 10 million player mark. Last time we got an update in the summer of 2019, Sea of Thieves was at around 8 million players, so the game continues to attract new buccaneers.

Sea of Thieves executive producer Joe Neate had this to say about the game’s success…