Under Gamescom afslørede udvikleren Rare sammen med Microsoft, at Sea of Thieves understøtter crossplay imellem Xbox One og Windows 10. Dette initiativ sker på baggrunden af ønsket om at inkludere så mange spillere så muligt, og gøre det let at finde nye venner at spille med. Nu ved vi dog, at konceptet om inklusion stikker meget dybere.
I et nyt interview med PC Gamer forklarer Rare, at selvom Sea of Thieves understøtter et hav af moderne indstillinger på PC, så udkommer det også i en udgave der gør at selv meget gammel PC-hardware kan køre spillet.
"We're trying to go as low as possible. We have an idea of what the minimum specs are but aren't quite ready to reveal them. We've actually been inviting people below our current plan for minimum specs into the technical alpha so we can test a number things on the performance side. This game looks so great regardless of the device you're playing on. Of course it's gonna look great in 4K, 60fps but it also looks great at minimum spec because the art style is purposefully timeless."
"We've actually added a 540p mode, so you can go below HD. We've also added a 15 fps framerate lock because when we were talking to the community some people were like: I'm actually happy playing 15 frames per second. We were like: that's actually really cool, we should support that. And to them go to them and say, oh, we've added that mode for you—it's below our Rare certified min spec, but if you're enjoying the game, why should we as developers knock you for that?"
Så spillet kan faktisk afvikles i 540p og i 15fps, så så burde selv meget gammel hardware kunne køre det.