Screen Rant

  • Sea of Thieves has been a huge success for Xbox, but it owes a lot of this to Xbox Game Pass. 1 / 7

  • Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass provides access to a majority of the company's first-party lineup for a modest monthly fee. 2 / 7

  • Xbox head Phil Spencer recently told Kotaku that Game Pass has benefited Sea of Thieves immensely and allowed it to grow. 3 / 7

  • The larger user base for Xbox Game Pass kept players coming into Sea of Thieves, which permitted developer Rare to keep expanding it. 4 / 7

  • Recently, the company added a PvP mode and some in-depth story content for fans. Not to mention fishing! 5 / 7

  • The game will see updates for months and maybe even years still thanks to its large user base, and the success is all owed to Game Pass! 6 / 7

  • Given that Microsoft has been trying to get its IP in the hands of as many people as possible, who's to say that Xbox Game Pass can't end up on platforms like Switch? Banjo is in Smash Ultimate, after all. 7 / 7