The Xbox Series X version of Sea of Thieves will run at 4K and Xbox Series S will stay at 1080p
Sea of Thievesmight not be your first order of business on Xbox Series X/S, but the next time you’re in the mood for swashbuckling, you’ll benefit from some noticeable visual and performance gains.
As confirmed by Rare today,Sea of Thieveswill reach 4K/60FPS on Xbox Series X and 1080p/60FPS on Xbox Series S. As expected? I’d say so. I think we’re bound to see similar results elsewhere.
That said, the real win – the thing I’m most excited about for backward-compatible games, in general – is spending less time waiting to actually start playing. Both consoles will “lead to significantly reduced load times” forSea of Thieves, according to Rare. The current slowness is a widely-held gripe.
Backing that claim up with some real-world testing, in its pre-release coverage,The Vergeclocked the game’s load time as 20 seconds on Xbox Series X and 1 minute and 21 seconds on Xbox One X.
“This optimized version ofSea of Thieveswill be available to all players with Xbox Game Pass alongside the launch of both consoles [on November 10], and via Smart Delivery for existing owners,” said Rare.
When this game first released, I wasn’t sure it would still be kicking in 2020. What a turnaround.
