Gaming

2 Reasons to Pre-Order Sea of Thieves & 3 Reasons Not To

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8 years ago

03/02/2018

The Sea of Thieves pre-orders are available ahead of its March 20th release date, but that doesn’t mean you should spend your money on the game today. Yes, there are solid reasons to pre-order Sea of Thieves right now. There are also reasons you shouldn’t pre-order the Xbox exclusive game. Use this breakdown to decide what to do.

Sea of Thieves is this year’s first Xbox exclusive game. You join a crew of pirates as they snatch treasure from rival crews made up of other players. Sea of Thieves is an online role-playing game that Rare, the studio developing the game, plans to upgrade and enhance over time. Really, it’s like Destiny 2but with a Caribbean setting and pirate theme.

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If all that sounds exciting to you, you can buy the game today and count on a few pre-order bonuses for your character. Amazon and GameStop are already offering big discounts and Microsoft is launching a special Xbox One S bundle that includes the game.

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Still, there are also reasons to not buy the game right now. There’s a chance the game’s launch on Windows will be a disaster. It’s also possible the game’s servers will spend the first couple of days overrun by new players. Also, you may get access to Sea of Thieves at launch without spending any more money if you have Xbox Game Pass.

Here are the reasons to pre-order Sea of Thieves today and reasons not.