Xbox Game Studios’ pirate-themed co-op multiplayer recreation Sea of Thieves was the best-selling recreation on the digital PlayStation Store in Europe final month.
According to the official PlayStation Blog, the sport was #1 in its high 20 most downloaded PS5 video games in Europe for the month, not counting free-to-play titles.
In all, 4 of the highest 10 video games in Europe – Sea of Thieves, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Grounded and Fallout 4 – are owned by Microsoft.
In the US and Canada, Sea of Thieves charted third, behind Helldivers 2 and Stellar Blade. It was joined within the high 10 by fellow Microsoft video games Modern Warfare 3 and Grounded.
Sea of Thieves was initially launched for Xbox One and PC in March 2018, when it turned the primary unique title from Microsoft to launch on Xbox Game Pass day-and-date with its retail launch.
The recreation was the final of 4 former Xbox console exclusives to be ported to different consoles as a part of a February announcement.
Pentiment was the primary of the 4 video games to be launched, and is now obtainable on PS5, Switch and PS4. This was adopted by Hi-Fi Rush, which got here to PS5 on March 19.
Third was Obsidian‘s co-op survival journey Grounded, which was launched on PS5, PS4 and Switch on April 16, with cross-play supported throughout all codecs.
Finally, Sea of Thieves set sail on PS5 on April 30, and together with cross-play help to allow new gamers to work together with the present Xbox and PC gamers.
Last month Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella advised that Xbox was beginning to reap the rewards of its elevated multiplatform focus.
“We are dedicated to assembly gamers the place they’re by bringing nice video games to extra folks on extra units”, Nadella mentioned throughout an earnings name.
