Rumour: Rare & Microsoft’s Sea Of Thieves Could Be Sailing Onto Switch

The Xbox and Microsoft rumours are flooding the news at the minute, aren’t they? And there’s another one cruising into view– Microsoft unique Sea of Thievesestablished by Rare, is apparently being thought about for Switch and PlayStation.

Huge Bomb and Game Mess Mornings host Jeff Grubb declares that he’s heard that “that was the one that may be concerning other platforms,” (by means of VGC. Speaking on Game Mess Mornings previously today (above), 8th January, the host specifies that this, along with rumours of an Xbox “critically-acclaimed” title likewise making the divereveals that Microsoft “is type of attempting to rejigger its method”.

Now, offered the big scope of Sea of Theives’ world, and the online multiplayer element, we’re discovering this one a little bit difficult to think, especially on Switch. Possibly “Switch” in this case is a stand-in for whatever Nintendo’s next console will be– now that might work. And appearance, we’re constantly delighted to see more Rare video games on Nintendo platforms. In the meantime, have a healthy scattering of sea salt useful.

Previous Kotaku editor and Axios press reporter Stephen Totilo has heard comparable rumblings– albeit, particularly for PlayStation and not for Switch. Over on his Game File newsletterTotilo mentions that sources acquainted with port strategies have actually declared that Microsoft is looking “into introducing its hit Xbox and PC multiplayer pirate video game” on Playstation.

Totilo connected to an Xbox associate concerning this remark, however they decreased to comment. He specifies– in action to Grubb’s remarks this early morning– that he has actually “just heard about PlayStation” however that he is “not able to validate if Sea of Thieves to PlayStation is still an active strategy for Microsoft”.

Sea of Thieves is an online multiplayer experience video game where you play as a pirate. The video game introduced on Xbox One and Windows back in 2018 and at first, critics were a bit lukewarm on the video game, however Rare– understood in these waters for establishing lots of fantastic platformers for NES, SNES, and N64– has actually continuously upgraded the video game, and is now thought about among the most-successful modern-day Xbox video games. An improved variation was launched on Xbox Series X|S in 2020, and it’s likewise offered on Xbox Game Pass.

The dominating rumour walking around at the minute truly points towards that “seriously well-known” title we pointed out previously. Popular theories indicate either Hi-Fi Rusha 2023 GOTY competitor, or Obsidian’s Pentiment

Do you believe we’ll see Sea of Thieves on Switch, or perhaps the Switch 2? What other Xbox-exclusive would you like to see? Let us understand in the remarks