Sea of Thieves lader til at være en stor succes for Rare og Microsoft, og noget tyder på at udvikleren har i sinde at introducere nyt indhold i meget lang tid. Dette nye indhold vil altid være gratis, og i stedet vil Rare introducere mikrotransaktioner til spillet en gang ude i fremtiden.
For nylig talte spillets Design Director, Mike Chapman, med GamesIndustry, og her fortalte han at hvorimod udvidelserne er gratis, så ønsker Rare at være innovative når det kommer til monetarisering.
"We will never charge for those new content releases, because that would segregate our players. [...] The idea of having to buy an expansion in order to play with your friends - we'd never do that. We have no plans locked in place now on when we'd add monetization."
"The one thing I will say is if we do that, we won't just take something from another game and put it into Sea of Thieves. The way we've looked at mechanics, tried to innovate and do things differently, we'd want to do that with monetization as well. It's not just about taking another approach and forcing it into Sea of Thieves. With all of our mechanics, it has to feel at home. We won't step on the shoes of the gameplay, we won't segregate our players, we certainly never would do pay-to-win. It would be around something that players love, and a way for them to keep enjoying the content."
Som Chapman siger vides det ikke hvornår monetariseringen introduceres - men én ting er sikkert, mikrotransaktionerne bliver ikke som nogen andres.