Sea of Thieves is making cross-play optional for console players

Sea of Thieves has had cross-play between Xbox One and PC players from the start, but putting mouse and keyboard users against controller users in a single pool has always been a controversial thing. Now, Rare is giving console players the option to opt out of competing against those with more precise aiming tools. The general cross-play pool will still be open, but Xbox One players using controllers will be able to opt out into a separate pool just for them. As Xbox One gets mouse and keyboard support, so will Sea of Thieves on the console. Those players will automatically be in cross-play, as will PC players making use of a controller for couch gaming. PvP in Sea of Thieves is largely optional, but the core of the game is about player interactions that can escalate in varied ways to friendship, betrayal, or violence - a gun’s gotta come out at some point or another. The game will soon get a more directly competitive PvP Arena mode soon - the cross-play option is set to hit sometime before that new game type is active.