On April 30, budding pirates will be able to sail the Sea of Thieves with their PS5. Sea of Thieves, a game historically exclusive to Microsoft platforms (Xbox and PC), will finally land 6 years later on PS5, Sony's latest console. This means that the two direct competitors will finally shake hands in the interest of players. Especially since many of them are already present in both ecosystems.
If this is your case, and you are already a Sea of Thieves player on Xbox or PC, you may be wondering if your save will follow you from one platform to the other. It is true that cross-play does not necessarily mean cross-save. Rest assured right away, it is possible to recover (almost) all of your game data. The procedure is very simple and will be explained to you as soon as you launch the game for the first time on PS5.
First of all, you will need to make sure to purchase a copy of Sea of Thieves on this console. The time has not yet come when our purchases will count for all available platforms. Once downloaded, the game will ask you if you want to link your Microsoft account to your PlayStation Network account. You must of course accept to recover your main save. You will then have to scan a QR code, then type the encrypted code that appears on the screen, and finally confirm. It's already finished, everything is ready for you to resume your navigation on the high seas. Your in-game purchases, your progress and your money will follow you naturally.
Not everything follows
Be aware that you also have the possibility of not linking your PSN account to that of Microsoft. So you'll have to start all over again. Even if you do this at the beginning of the game and decide you don't like linking your saves anymore, you can always unlink them in the settings, under the PlayStation 5 tab.
The only "flaw" that had to be expected is that achievements don't follow you from one platform to another. PlayStation has its own trophy system, so you'll have to do them again on that console if you want to get Platinum, even if you already have all the achievements on Xbox/PC. This will take a considerable amount of time for hardcore completists, but it is only a minor detail for players who only rely on pure gaming experience.
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