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[DragonNCM]

1mil copies sold for a 8 year old game.....not bad at all.

 

[Dirk Benedict]

LOL. That's fucked up to say. It's like twisting the poisonous, flaking obsidian knife.

 

[shamoomoo]

 

[nemiroff]

Estimates have it around the 10 million unit sold mark on Steam alone - which was a late port. It’s been in the Best of Steam charts every year since release.

They’ve been making money from this game from day one.

Sea of Thieves - Celebrate Five Million Sea of Thieves Sales on Steam

Another gift up for grabs to mark more PC-playing pirates taking to the seas!

www.seaofthieves.com

Devs already celebrated very impressive sales milestones, years ago.

Moreover, the game has maintained a mtx store, serving tens of millions of players over the years. If people want to embarrass themselves by saying the game hasn't made tons of money from gamepass and PC, then by all means go for it.

 

[semiconscious]

Sea of Thieves hit #2 on NPD on release and landed at a time when GamePass didn’t have mass adoption...

ah! so, way back in b.e. (before engagement)...

 

[fudgybrownie]

$12 million to sony when they take their 30% cut.

 

[kazuyamishima]

Rip the band-aid off and release most of the catalogue on PS5, stop pretending MS

 

[BennyBlanco]

Crazy that this must be Rare’s top selling game ever at this point. They’ll always be the Blast Corps and DKC guys to me.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Those multiplatform games from MS will never stop coming now.

 

[sainraja]

The hardware wont sell, if MS doesnt push it hard. MS has decreased the budget for Xbox marketing department, and closed bethesda branches in europe. That is not someone that is confident on their product hardware.

Windows is successful due to 3rd party applications. They dont need to do that much work in that department.

Yeah, they are making changes to how their business has been run, but they've already had relative success with pushing software and hardware without the software being exclusive to their hardware. That was my point. Nothing is guaranteed, so we don't know if it will pay off in the long run, but MS has bought a big publisher and a bunch of studios, so they'd have to screw up pretty badly from this point to fail with their new strategy.

 

[Vroadstar]

Pretty cool. PS owners like pirates and monkeys. Just not fat lesbians.

Meanwhile, your camp is obsessed with engagements. Sales are just as thrilling, right?

 

[Plague Doctor]

Do you think Jez had like a mini-seizure and coughed up a little blood by this divide by zero news he had to report? Like it's good for Daddy Microsoft but it's from Sony. Does not compute. Poor little guy is going to need spend some time to pray to Phil on his stance on the moment to moment changes in the console war front.

 

[feynoob]

Yeah, they are making changes to how their business has been run, but they've already had relative success with pushing software and hardware without the software being exclusive to their hardware. That was my point. Nothing is guaranteed, so we don't know if it will pay off in the long run, but MS has bought a big publisher and a bunch of studios, so they'd have to screw up pretty badly from this point to fail with their new strategy.

Those changes are bad for hardware sales. You cant limit growth, as you risk of allowing your competitor to gain more grounds. MS needed to expand to europe, now they are out of that market. They are currently losing ground in UK and USA.

 

[sainraja]

Those changes are bad for hardware sales. You cant limit growth, as you risk of allowing your competitor to gain more grounds. MS needed to expand to europe, now they are out of that market. They are currently losing ground in UK and USA.

If hardware sales was their only goal...then sure, but they are trying to move away from that. Just to be clear, I am not saying they have successfully done that; that remains to be seen.

 

[pasterpl]

The hardware wont sell, if MS doesnt push it hard. MS has decreased the budget for Xbox marketing department, and closed bethesda branches in europe. That is not someone that is confident on their product hardware.

Windows is successful due to 3rd party applications. They dont need to do that much work in that department.

Yeah, that over 40% jump in Xbox console sales in latest Circana numbers clearly show that. Highest growth among consoles YoY in July (summer month)

 

[Nemesis Prime]

Do you guys remember that one dude who used to go on every sea of thieves post and try to prove to the world the game was a flop…. Yeah… good times

 

[Hawking Radiation]

I take this as a good thing? 1 million doesn't sound to bad but no idea what is considered a success in todays market.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

"MONSTER HITTTTT"
- DenchDeckard

Edit:

About expected. Some mild interest, most likely from former Xbox fans.

 

[clarky]

$12 million to sony when they take their 30% cut.

 

[pasterpl]

I take this as a good thing? 1 million doesn't sound to bad but no idea what is considered a success in todays market.

1 m more suckers that might buy MTX

 

[Blade2.0]

Sounds about right, it would have sold more on the Nintendo Switch

It will probably be on the switch 2.

 

[FoxMcChief]

The last update we received from Stellar Blade was it sold a million, right? Wonder which will do better in the end.

 

[Fess]

1mil copies sold for a 8 year old game.....not bad at all.

Depends if it helps killing the platform or not.
At this point I think exclusives is extremely important. Timed exclusives, not so much, people won’t buy new hardware to play early.

 

[Heisenberg007]

 

[Killjoy-NL]

The last update we received from Stellar Blade was it sold a million, right? Wonder which will do better in the end.

That's correct.

Which is interesting, because Stellar Blade is a smaller niche PS title, whereas Sea of Thieves supposedly is one of the most successfull and best Xbox games.

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

Moreover, the game has maintained a mtx store, serving tens of millions of players over the years. If people want to embarrass themselves by saying the game hasn't made tons of money from gamepass and PC, then by all means go for it.

When a situation like this comes around that apparently benefits everyone, it can get confusing for some of us old console warriors.

 

[FoxMcChief]

That's correct.

Which is interesting, because Stellar Blade is a smaller niche PS title, whereas Sea of Thieves supposedly is one of the most successfull and best Xbox games.

Yup. Successful on Xbox, pc and now PS5. Who knows the level of engagement this title has brought the world. More than simply 1 million.

 

[DenchDeckard]

This will hit 4 million easy by the end of the gen.

Free cash. Probably hat about 10 people working on porting it.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

Yup. Successful on Xbox, pc and now PS5. Who knows the level of engagement this title has brought the world. More than simply 1 million.

I wouldn't call it successfull on PS5 (goes for both games btw), then again, it's probably within expectations of MS.

 

[TBiddy]

That's correct.

Which is interesting, because Stellar Blade is a smaller niche PS title, whereas Sea of Thieves supposedly is one of the most successfull and best Xbox games.

Sea of Thieves has reportedly sold over 10 million copies on PC and I assume that a large number of game pass subscribers have also played the game. SoT is by most standards a big succes.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

This will hit 4 million easy by the end of the gen.

Free cash. Probably hat about 10 people working on porting it.

It's a far cry from the monster hit you claimed it is.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

Sea of Thieves has reportedly sold over 10 million copies on PC and I assume that a large number of game pass subscribers have also played the game. SoT is by most standards a big succes.

The franchise as a whole, yes. Which has 40M players as of april 2024.

Sea of Thieves - Sea of Thieves Welcomes 40 Million Players

Celebrating a phenomenal fleet of Xbox and PC pirates who've set sail since launch!

www.seaofthieves.com

I was talking about PS5 specifically though.
Xbox games don't have the pull on Playstation some people think they have.

 

[DenchDeckard]

It's a far cry from the monster hit you claimed it is.

What's final fantasy 7 sold on ps5? Double that. Triple that?

It's an excellent performance for a 6 year old late port and mostly sold at full price. It will have covered its porting costs ten fold and counting.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

What's final fantasy 7 sold on ps5? Double that. Triple that?

It's an excellent performance for a 6 year old late port and mostly sold at full price. It will have covered its porting costs ten fold and counting.

Doesn't matter, FF7 is a 3rd party game.
Not sure why you even bring FF into the discussion?

 

[DenchDeckard]

Doesn't matter, FF7 is a 3rd party game.
Not sure why you even bring FF into the discussion?

Ok, let's compare it to concord then? Let's see how sales of that compare in 6 months.

Co op gaas game from each first party.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

Ok, let's compare it to concord then? Let's see how sales of that compare in 6 months.

Co op gaas game from each first party.

Nobody claimed Concord is going to be a monster hit though.

But you were claiming SoT was a monster hit on PS5, while some of us had been saying that there isn't that much interest in Xbox games on Playstation.

Also:

Why don't you compare SoT on PS5 to Helldivers 2?

 

[Mephisto40]

What's final fantasy 7 sold on ps5? Double that. Triple that?

It's an excellent performance for a 6 year old late port and mostly sold at full price. It will have covered its porting costs ten fold and counting.

Sea Of Thieves is £39.99 on PlayStation, it's not a full priced title, it's very much a budget title

 

[Heisenberg007]

It's a far cry from the monster hit you claimed it is.

Stellar Blade is also a monster hit then

 

[Black_Stride]

Probably more copies than its sold on Xbox

Well its on Gamepass so a bunch of players would be GP players........but
You are assuming this was all PC and GP players?

 

[ProtoByte]

Now you know why MS is blatantly accelerating their multi platform strategy. Satya actually loved making actual gaming money for the first time in almost a decade.

They're fucked then.

Because Sea of Thieves is the singular exception, not the rule. They've released 3 other games all over the place so far, it hasn't made the difference Microsoft will need going forward to justify even being 3rd party.

 

[DenchDeckard]

Sea Of Thieves is £39.99 on PlayStation, it's not a full priced title, it's very much a budget title

Isn't concord the same price? and a new game so it should benefit from that. Let's compare sales in 6 months?

 

[Negotiator101]

This doing 1 million plus 6 years after the initial launch is very impressive. Newer titles could do far better, more PS sales means better Gamepass thanks guy's

 

[Goalus]

Pretty cool. PS owners like pirates and monkeys.

And clowns in spandex costumes.

 

[Mownoc]

Very nice result for SoT on PS5 and ensuring the ports will just keep rolling.

Isn't concord the same price? and a new game so it should benefit from that. Let's compare sales in 6 months?

Your point makes zero sense. No one has claimed Concord will be successful much less a "monster hit".

"Alan Wake 2 is a monster hit!"
"No it's not!"
"Well let's compare it to Suicide Squad"

Unparalleled Logic.

 

[Tsaki]

If that were the case, then MS made ~23M at the same time....

Obviously. But they also pay for the development of the game and all its associated costs which is also true for EA, Take2, Ubisoft, etc. If a game bombs all the damage will be felt by the studio and the publisher, while the platform holder loses nothing, except the money they hoped to get by virtually (they still support an ecosystem, but these costs scaled down to one game are miniscule) doing nothing.
This is why there should be delicate balance going from being an ecosystem holder to a publisher.

 

[Ozriel]

"MONSTER HITTTTT"
- DenchDeckard

Edit:

About expected. Some mild interest, most likely from former Xbox fans.

It’s had solid interest on every platform it’s ever been on, so it’s puzzling you’re insinuating PS owners are the exception.

Stellar Blade is also a monster hit then

…it’s outsold Stellar Blade in the U.S.

I wouldn't call it successfull on PS5 (goes for both games btw), then again, it's probably within expectations of MS.

1 million units in a few months for a 6 year old port…isn’t ‘successful’?

Late ports don’t always sell this quick, and this well. Horizon Forbidden West for example was released on PC and has about a third of these sales.

 

[Mownoc]

$12 million to sony when they take their 30% cut.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

It’s had solid interest on every platform it’s ever been on, so it’s puzzling you’re insinuating PS owners are the exception.

Define 'solid interest'.

…it’s outsold Stellar Blade in the U.S.

Such an accomplishment...

1 million units in a few months for a 6 year old port…isn’t ‘successful’?

Late ports don’t always sell this quick, and this well. Horizon Forbidden West for example was released on PC and has about a third of these sales.

Define 'successfull'?
If it's within MS' expactations, sure and that's all that matters.

Imo 1M is decent, but not something noteworthy.

 

[TheGodfather07]

That's decent I guess. You can't expect much from such an old game.

 

[FunkMiller]

Genuinely don't see at this point how anyone can think that Xbox won't be a third party publisher within the next two years, with a sad little small amount of console sales from the terminally hardcore.