News Xbox's Sea of Thieves Has Apparently Shipped Over 1 Million Copies on PS5

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Rare's live service sailing sim Sea of Thieves has proven a humongous hit on PS5, frequently appearing on sales charts and now apparently topping one million sales. Word comes by way of a Windows Central article spotted by forum ResetEra, which cites "trusted sources". It's caveated by the disclaimer that this information could actually be outdated, so you're potentially looking at a higher number since the title set sail at the end of May.

Microsoft itself has been thrilled with the success of the port. Speaking as part of a Variety podcast in the summer, bigwig Matt Booty said his company is "really pleased" with the sales of the release. CEO Satya Nadella has also been saying similar things to investors.

Prior to release, Xbox executives had indicated that future ports would depend on the success of its initial batch, which also included Hi-Fi Rush, Pentiment, and Grounded. Since then, we've seen DOOM: The Dark Ages and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle both confirmed for the PS5, with strong speculation more will follow. We suspect if the platform holder does eventually put the likes of Forza Horizon 5 or even Starfield on Sony's system, they'll see similarly enormous sales numbers.