Xbox Sport Studios’ pirate-themed co-op multiplayer sport Sea of Thieves was the best-selling sport on the digital PlayStation Retailer in Europe final month.
In keeping with the official PlayStation Weblog, the sport was number one 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, Name of Responsibility: Trendy Warfare 3, Grounded and Fallout 4 – are owned by Microsoft.
Within 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 Trendy Warfare 3 and Grounded.
Sea of Thieves was initially launched for Xbox One and PC in March 2018, when it grew to become the primary unique title from Microsoft to launch on Xbox Sport Move day-and-date with its retail launch.
The sport 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 accessible on PS5, Swap and PS4. This was adopted by Hello-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 Swap on April 16, with cross-play supported throughout all codecs.
Lastly, Sea of Thieves set sail on PS5 on April 30, and together with cross-play assist to allow new gamers to work together with the prevailing Xbox and PC gamers.
Final month Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella advised that Xbox was beginning to reap the rewards of its elevated multiplatform focus.
“We’re dedicated to assembly gamers the place they’re by bringing nice video games to extra folks on extra gadgets”, Nadella stated throughout an earnings name.
