Okay , lets be honest - How far do you think sea of thieves will last?

If I had to bet, they aren't gambling the release content holding attention for a long time. I'm sure they have things in the works to draw more attention back to the game as people start getting bored. I'd be surprised if it wasn't updated to keep people entertained.

@zalavaaris but again , its a gamble from us to put 60$ on the table in order to have fun later on , if we could know how the end result would have been we could sit back and say , you know what , ill put 60$ for it , but atm they released nothin about the end game and how it will look , and if what they said on the feb 13 would be the end game , then its looking bad for that amount of money , and it wont last more than 2-3 months.
theres a huge potential miss here

@grim-davy-jones Stress tests are not a good representation of the final product... And content should come quickly after release...🙂

Patience, lad.

You're merely getting a glimpse of what's to be released, which is likely a glimpse of what the game will grow to be. :)

This is like watching the Lord of the Rings trailer and saying "Well, that was short..."

@grankor Maybe , but i thing that even on the scale test they should make the game promising , i want to play the test and be a 100% sure im spending 60$ on it cause i know it will last long and it will bring a lot of content , and when im hesitating the game after the test server with new stuff in it , it kinda scares me , makes me question the pre order , i think ill keep it... cause i trust most of you guys , but im really confused at this point.

@ic-fanatic I knew someone would've said that , and u prolly didnt read my post , i said i like the game but so much things are missing even on the stress test , plus i said , that i know that its beta but that doesnt mean it should make us hesitate the game , it should make us feel like , hell yea im buying this game forsho and not "you know what maybe ill take back my preorder"
you get my mindset?

@musicmee Okay , and what if half of these things wont happen? its like a huge disappointment , btw all of these Q&A's never include the best questions , idk who [mod removed] is in charge of the questions that are being asked in the interview cause most of the questions are things that are obvious and not the questions as ive written above (all those problems)

@donpaul92 Not exactly , ive read all the articles , all the interviews that were on feb 13 , they all said the same which was only half promising...

Well people still play the original CoD and AoE etc and those games are ancient with basically no content past what youve learned the first few days so i can see this game lasting for years and years just as is.
It may not have millions of players but for people who enjoy it for what it is it has playability for a long time.
I really think the core players for this game who keeps it going will be guys and girls like me and my friends.
People who work full time+ jobs and have all the responsibility of being adults etc, and just want something they can jump in with friend or alone and pew pew a few hours and then log off.

@misterdoomed Pubg for example lasted a long time , cause they realized what people wants and they executed it perfectly but it got old after an year? or maybe less idk , but anyways i dont want this game to turn into these old games that just a few veterans play , this can be the next pubg this is a type of game that the community wants , and rare had done a perfect job so far but dont let it fool you , a lot is missing , and i dont see any huge things changing soon , i just wish we could know more about how the finished game would've looked like before we put 60 bucks in it.

@shaggiedo yea i can see your point , we'll see indeed.

@grim-davy-jones just because something isn’t in a beta, what makes you think it isn’t held back, ready to be added day one

@psych0-knightro You clearly didnt read what i wrote in the comments , i read all the articles that released after the feb 13 interviews , and i still question this over and over again , i know many things are about to come , but some of the things are confirmed not to be changed , and im pretty sure they wont extend the map for example cause they are sure that its enough , you know what so maybe it is enough but at least add a variety of maps lets say 5 maps which takes a lot of work but youll be able to play a different one every time , the chances of you remembering all the maps perfectly is just impossible

@dark-shadow9056 some of the things ive been written up there have been confirmed to not be added like proggresion if u read the articles of the interviews after feb 13 and extended map im sure they wont add it cause they think the map is big enough , which i get that , but at least add more maps so when you queue theres a chance to be in a different map - now maybe its an idea but idk , maybe i rush things.
i can see your point and i appreciate your comment but its just so confusing this whole situation , from one hand i love the game , its fun and all of that
and from the other hand it can get boring sometimes and when you think for the long term you are kinda being hopeless about it

@grim-davy-jones
I gotcha. Im just saying it will last a long time because of the core it will attract and it will be more than a few vets.
It will have big ebbs and flows like any game and when new content comes out tons will flood back till they burn through it then log off but in between updates the core will keep it popular enough to keep getting the updates some players need to come back.
I think the only people who are disappointed or get bored and quit with this game will be people expecting a totally different game than what is intended. Like some think it should be a mmorpg with a deep story and tons of levels etc and some just want another battle royal with constant pvp.
The truth is ( in my eyes) is this game is neither of those so im not disappointed in it at all.

@grim-davy-jones I was referring to when you said “I don’t think all those thinks can be added in 25 Days”.

Honestly, I don't think it will last long. It has some serious problems.

1. The game is heavily communication based. There's really no place in the game for people without mics and most people hate playing with mics because of toxic people. On xbox almost nobody plays with mics.

2. It's heavily multiplayer based. Not much room for solo players so that audience is going to dry up quick. About 1/3 of the beta players were solo.

--The above 2 points are fundamental to the game and will severely limit the people who will stick with it.

3. The game is essentially a slow paced FPS with only a couple "Maps" (Ships). You also only get 5 shots and then it becomes a melee FPS lol. This becomes apparent after playing it for a bit as you are doing the same little battle routine over and over.

4. Cross play creates an unfair playing ground for console players who are going to blame all their loses on that imbalance. You'll also probably see PC groups not wanting xbox players in their group creating more strife (See #5). Oh, you're on xbox? Put em in the brig lol! No mic? Put em in the brig!

5. This game is going to be toxic as hell. Slow paced FPS prolongs your deaths (As opposed to a FPS like COD where you die quick and respawn 2 sec later) leading to enhanced frustration, mics required so people will trash talk and you can't really go without a mic, imbalanced cross play... I predict the highest levels of anger and toxicity we've seen in a game ever.

6. Somewhat pointless gameplay. You get gold so you can buy cosmetics, but you are stuck with the god awful Infinite Pirate Generator that sticks you with an awful looking avatar that you don't even want to look at in the first place. Why would I even want gold? You (Fortunately) can't even see your character most of the time and she's so ugly and deformed looking that no amount of cosmetics are going to fix it. So, why am I collecting chests again?

-- The game is pretty fun to watch though.

Yall need to chill honestly , i said i love the game , its just a discussion dont shred me here , i just wanna hear your opinion and not how weird and stupid i am in your opinion , it doesnt help to me nor to you. keep it clean

@misterdoomed im not either im saying that if some of these things wont be added ever this would be dissapointing ...

@laughsmaniacaly i just doubt how much of a BOOM they can bring in such a short time , i know there will be so many new stuffs but like , i just doubt it would be like twice as the content now u get me?
i appreciate your comment , ty for your opinion. Read the BOLD paragraph ive written up there

@drbullhammer its absurd to assume? no. its called assumption and im able to say the game will last 1 minute , or 1 year , your opinion on my assumption doesnt matter , i just want to hear your assumptions as i said , plus idk how much of a HUGE change can happen ,even if they hold files back there , they should at least give us a better tease than this scale test which was a bit disappointing , doesnt matter if players got 100 hours , its the starting hype and i have it too , dont get me wrong read the Bold paragraph above in this comment , i love the game and idk if ill cancel my pre order i just want to hear the community a bit , feel other mindsets on the game , get me fam? :D

@flowerofcarnage yea , u mentioned some good points , again im hopeful for this game , i just hope they wont ruin it , and they will execute it right u feel me? cause they can find a solution for everything , its just the matter of creativity and listening to the community.

I think it will last years.
I would bet they have a rough timeline of content releases planned, it's probably not set in stone because as the top players finish all available content and start to lose interest they can just add some more to keep everyone interested.

I believe it will still have a meaningful player base throughout the next Battlefield/COD cycle.

@cappjacksparrow im sorry , but i just cant stop reading this comment with jack's voice and its cracking me up asf , anyways well said , again , u fkin think im like the most toxic dude ever , i just said that im a little afraid of whats coming , because they release little to nothin to the public and it makes me hesitate about the future of the game , i do believe this game is currently the best in the era of gaming but they MUST execute it right , the fact that a lot of people played the game and got hyped doesnt mean its perfect , im still looking forward into Q&A's More detailed Articles and Information about the future updates , hope it will give me some confidence in Rare.

@grim-davy-jones well I guess it depends on how much your money and perceived value is. I think if I get 20ish hours out of this game it's worth my 60 bucks. 3 dollars an hour is fine for my value of entertainment. I can't see myself NOT playing it for at least that long. Anything past that is a great bonus. And remember, you asked how long and how far we think it will last. With the content additions over time I feel it will be well worth it. But that's just one guys opinion.

@grim-davy-jones i imagine the launch content will last about 3-4 months for the hardcore fans of this game, which is when rare will try, and maybe even succeed in releasing their planned free dlc

this game will last as long as people are willing to accept any changes rare makes, all i see alot of is stop complaining this is rares vision it is theyre game they make the choices deal with it, but are these same people that say that now going to accept any changes rare makes in what 3-6-12 months who knows. this game will be driven by 1 thing numbers.

or to put it another way what do you want 30k people buying real money cosmetics or 100k doing it, its a business afterall

i dont know what the budget was for this game, but say 500k people buy this game (going by the scale test that reached the 300k limit iirc) so 500,000 x 50 thats 25million, but not all 500k players are paying full price for the game some are getting the game for free with the xbox game pass (most of the money for that goes to MS itself)

so if cosmetics come out and say 10% of that 500k (50k) spend on average 5 bucks on cosmetics a month ($250,000), you have to look at it and decide ok do we try to appeal more and get them to spend 10 bucks a month ($500,000) or do we change things slightly and get that 10%(50k players) to maybe 30%(150k players) spending 5-7 bucks a month ($750,000-$1,050,000)
that extra 20% can be done in 2 ways, getting players to come back (every game has a down turn in active players after a couple of months)or appeal 2 new players with incentives to try it which could lead to decisions people dont like thus coming back to the rares vison can changes when they decide it

as long as said people are willing to accept any new changes the game could last a long time

i dont know the actual numbers but this is just an example