Sea of Thieves er endelig udkommet efter en række forsinkelser, men modtagelsen lader til at være en kende blandet. Vi kvitterede selve med et 6-tal, men nogle er endnu mere skuffede, og nogle af de anklager associeret med denne skuffelse har Xbox-chefen Phil Spencer forsvaret sig imod.
Det startede med af et fan skrev følgende rettet imod Spencer:
"I don't understand how this game was released literally bare bones (no pun) . U don't think that's bad for the long short-long term health? The reason games like SOT are successful like @Minecraft is for its underlining depth and social aspects"
Her svarede Spencer så:
"It's about building a high quality accessible game that's inviting to millions. Ensuring we've done all the work with our systems for strong post-launch support with a real plan for that. I think Rare has done that and players are responding."