In our Sea of Thieves review, we said that, at the time of launch, 'it's a somewhat hollow game that can be fun for a handful of hours when played with friends, and something worth trying out if you happen to be an Xbox Game Pass subscriber.' Our reviewer, Peter Brown, continued, 'Even though it's hard to wholeheartedly recommend, I like enough of what I see to hold out hope that things will eventually improve as the game continues to be patched and updated with new content. However, Neate did confirm that Rare has discussed optional cross-play at length internally and the studio's already hard at work on implementing the update. Neate didn't provide a release window for when this update will hit the game, nor did he specify when this cross-play update will hit the game. In addition to the option of cross-play in Sea of Thieves, Neate announced that mouse-and-keyboard input will makes its way to the game on console. The option, as Neate confirmed, will be available whether players enter free-play or the game's upcoming Arena mode.

According to Neate, players will be able to toggle the option on and off at will.

The cross-play pool is just as it sounds: any user who wants to play with anyone, regardless of controller input, will be able to do so. In this forthcoming Sea of Thieves update, console players using a controller will have the option to only matchmake with other controller users on console, effectively splitting the player base as such: a controller-only pool and the cross-play pool. Now Playing: The 5 Best Xbox One Games Of 2018 - Best Of 2018 Secondly, this game is very poorly optimized, i have a 5588 USD PC, and when im on islands, my FPS dips to around 50-80 fps, i run a 144 fps getup, with 144hz 1440p monitor. All of these things you can practice with on xbox, to get just as good as PC players. By clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's Don’t take away the ability to play cross platform just don’t force it on people mod edited.

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