The average landlubber would have a hard time distinguishing between the two online-focused, shared open-world pirate games coming ashore in 2018. But even the most seasoned scallywag may not know all the bits and pieces that make Rare's Sea of Thieves (headed to Xbox One and PC in early 2018) so different from Ubisoft's Skull and Bones (arriving for PS4, Xbox One, and PC in Fall 2018). And for pirate fans trying to save some doubloons by only buying one game or the other, it can be tricky figuring out which one will best suit your tastes in seafaring adventure. Well, wonder no more. By answering these quick questions, you'll know whether Sea of Thieves or Skull and Bones is the pirate game for you. And if you're setting sail for both, so much the better - just make sure you don't over-shiver those timbers.
VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "In a year that was to a large extent carried by the game developers of Japan (and to some extent China), western games can rejoice that there was at least one category they managed to dominate: that of Most Disappointing. Sometimes disappointment comes from high expectations met with something middling, other times it comes from middling expectations met with something terrible. This year managed to deliver a bit of both, so either way there was enough disappointment to go around."
Why not mention the 19,000 Steam games of which 80% weren't good enough to merit "success" on the platform?
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Because the very *definition* of disappointment requires one has some kind of expectation for it. Concord was hoping to find its own niche in the crowded 'hero shooter' market, with ~8 years of development, $100 million+ funding, and marketable talent behind it, and went belly up in 2 lousy weeks. That's historical for a live-service game.
It's become a drinking game at this point. Disappointing games? It's the same games in every article with a similar title. Does no one have an original thought anymore?
@thorstein
**It's the same games in every article with a similar title.**
Because it's the same year? The games that got launched is a constant fact for everyone. And if the game was universally disappointing, then obviously everyone would echo the same thing.
Do you want for originality some writer would write up that instead of Concord and Outlaws, Silent Hills 2 was the most disappointing game, right? Coz, that'd be considered a click-bait article then.
And emphasis on the word "disappointing" games, not general bad games.
Veilguard was easily the most disappointing game of the year.
Highest expectation with Highest disappointment
Concord was just the biggest failure.
In fact it was not very disappointing.
Almost as expected.
@LordoftheCritics I disagree about Vailguard being the most disappointing game of the year. Going into the launch of that game, 90% of the comments I was seeing from this community were negative. Many also wanted the game to fail.
In my opinion, for a game to be disappointing, it would mean the game was highly anticipated for success going into the launch of the game only to bomb in the reviews and fail commercially.
I would say Hellblade 2 claims this title. I haven't played any of the games in the series as yet, however, the hate that game received was on another level. I am not sure if it was fanboys that felt threatened by it being the best-looking console game on the market or if the criticisms about it being a boring game were valid. I haven't played these walking games before so put it off since it doesn't seem to be my cup of tea.
Those 19,000 games have 80%. Dragon age is sitting at 70%, Star wars is at 75% and falling, Lego Horizon adventures is at 56%, Skull and Bones 65% and Concord was DOA. This would mean these games didn't even crack the top 19,000.
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This sounds like a great update. Today, Ubisoft announced the launch of Skull and Bones’ third season, “Into the Dragon’s Wake” in which players will face the formidable fleets of Li Tian Ning and Commander Zhang.
Sea of Thieves, the pirate-themed game from Rare, has reportedly surpassed one million copies sold on the PS5 per a new report.
Yea, we’ll be seeing plenty more Xbox exclusives head to PlayStation..
Just like sony tossing horizon on the switch xbox also sees the potential to double dip for sure.
I do not see xbox past next gen i think in the 2030's xbox will be just a publishing company if not next gen if you look at there console sales it would make sense to also not toss a console out next gen and just focus on software as they are making way more cash on software than hardware.
Now halo on the switch/ps5 hmmm
Horizon the switch?
Are you talking about the Lego horizon game lol.
Totally different situation.
@pwnmaster3000
Right because sony?
please enlighten us on how sony giving out there best recent ip to another platform is different then xbox putting there ip on other platforms.
Yeah it'd be crazy not to release horizon Lego on the switch those Lego games sell gangbusters on switch
Xbox have been on the decline, Sony can comfortably run their businesses without relying on other systems for revenue. That's the difference.
@DodoDojo
So there huge push to go multi-plat had nothing to do with there failing revenue?
Look at the spike after they tossed there ip's around and the pc sales of there games
https://companiesmarketcap....
Even sony knows were the cash is
@Profchaos
Oh for sure they spent $0 on making the game but will get some great check's in the mail that game is going to sell so well on that platform then they will toss it on switch 2 and or consoles got to have that double dip.
Herp derp , maybe if it was actually horizon and not a lego game you might have a point but alas.
There’s no way Lego would make a game for them using one of their IPs and keep it exclusive
It was probably we either release it on the Switch or we don’t do it
If they did a Horizon spin off game for Switch with one of their own first party studios then fair enough, but it’s not. It’s Lego.
Because it’s a Lego game and not actually one of the main game in the series. Compare to what MS is doing, it’s vastly different.
Now are they going to start releasing games to other platform. Maybe, but to the extent like MS. Who knows, but as of right now, comparing that move to what MS is doing is reaching so much.
Man we have games skipping Xbox because the sales numbers aren't worth the time and the difficulties of dealing with the Series S, why in the world would Sony release their games on Xbox?
That first sentence is a horrible argument. Makes no sense and feels like an attempt to shove Sony into this conversation at all.
I think Xbox will try their best to keep hardware around, but it won't be like it is now. I think they'll go all digital and go with a middle-line hardware and not a heavy pusher like the Series X. Something that will play games slightly better than Series X but will have a lot of built-in storage space.They'll, if possible, eat as much of that cost as possible to come under the PS6 in price by as much as possible, but the PS6 will, IMHO, be more powerful, because Sony relies on hardware to maintain their market and will keep it like that until there is no other option.
@just_lookin
You are trying too hard to make it seem like both are doing the same thing. They are not. No buts or ifs about it.
On this topic:
I never played SOT, but its interesting that this game started off as a flop and built up to a relatively successful gaas game.
This site is nuts
So sony tosses there games on pc gives out there ip to other companies for other platform's something they never have done in the past a ip only ps4 had in the past that is normal 0 issues.
Xbox tosses there game on a ps device we must stop the press flip the couch and go on about xbox for weeks.
Man trump needs to hire everyone here for his campaign/trials you all get him back in that chair asap.
If Microsoft wants Gamepass to succeed they need to keep putting out Xbox's. Otherwise they only other place you will see Gamepass is on PC'S, TV'S and Amazon Prime Sticks
I see what PlayStation players are doing with the long con of buying “Xbox exclusive games “ by over a million in less than 4 months to incentivize Microsoft to put all their games on day one on PlayStation and kill the Xbox console. 🤣
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It’s a JOKE. don’t take personally obscured orchard crew
Where they'll feel better with DualSense, load faster with the better SSD, and be accessible to more than 2x the console playerbase.
At least Hellblade 2 may come to a platform with a controller that can give its immersion the full respect it deserves. World-class tech for audio and visuals but stuck on an input that's been static since 2005...
https://store.steampowered....
Hellblade 2 is on steam you know a computer were you can use any controller and have great audio.
Are you saying that the ps5 is the only console or device that has ever seen sound past stereo?
A ps5 is the only device to have a fast nvme ssd?
Input sense 2005? umm haptic tech has been around sense 1976
https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...
There is nothing a ds5 does that has not been done before somewere else even price gouging that was apple but now sony does that and crappy battery life man i miss ds3 battery life.
You're pathetic and weird, stop with your strawman arguments and need to be antagonistic about everything.
I own the game on Steam and play it with DualSense on there but the features of DualSense are best on PS5 natively. I'm not saying that to refer to the controller speaker only, but the haptics especially *and* having those enhanced haptics wirelessly.
"Yea, we’ll be seeing plenty more Xbox exclusives head to PlayStation.."
Indeed. And sell even more.
Makes sense. The game sold 5 million copies on Steam and had 30 million players in 2022. So it does have a hook; what it needed to sell on PS was essentially just to be available there.
For those not pissed off i mentioned cross play i looked it up and it does have it
https://www.seaofthieves.co...
So people playing for a long time on xbox/pc can join up with people that only have a ps5 that is a nice feature witch again helps with sales.
It's also cross progression. When it first released in 2018. I bought my self the limited edition controller that came with a code for some unique clothing. I didn't like the game back in 2018 it was bland and empty. When I bought it during a sale on Steam in 2021 I was able to continue on where I left off in 2018 with the things I unlocked as well as my dlc outfit.
Forward to 2024 when I got it on ps5. I again could continue on from pc and still access my Xbox dlc from 2018 and I then got a exclusive playstation sail set.
@ocelot07
That is cool what a great/rare feature to bad all games do not have that.
So no wonder it is selling well if a 2018 player can grab it on his/her ps5 then continue were you left off.
Honestly less than I would've expected based on the buzz around release, but still a great milestone.
Hmmm... Rare SoT will be cartoonish but more humor and exploration. Ubi looks to favor realism and sea battles. I think SoT will have more content, but I will have to see more of SaB to make a guess at which would get my money. I will be getting SoT for sure though. So maybe both.
F**k boats, neither of them
There's room more than one game in every demographic
Not everything has to be either or
I'm sold with Sea Of Thieves.
I hope skull and bones does single player campaign , like the old Sid meres games