Sea of Thieves Currently Inaccessible for Game Pass Players

Sea of Thieves has been plagued by a variety of issues since its launch, including disappointing fans with its design of the mythical Kraken creature. The latest issue to hit the pirate themed title is that the game is currently inaccessible to many players trying to access the game through Microsoft's Game Pass service. 

Our team are currently investigating an issue affecting Game Pass players and are working to resolve it as soon as possible. We'll update you as soon as we can.

— Sea of Thieves (@SeaOfThieves) March 27, 2018

There has been no announcement on what is causing the issue, but players trying to load the game from the digital service are being asked if they own the game, and then are told to insert the disc or to make sure they are signed into Xbox Live. Considering that these issues do not apply to Game Pass users when they are trying to launch the game from the service, the community is very confused with what is going wrong. The Game Pass issue seems to only be affecting Sea of Thieves at this time, according to the Xbox Live service status page.

Microsoft's Game Pass service is a Netlfix style digital library where a monthly subscription grants players unlimited access to a whole host of games. The service got a major boost in popularity when it was announced that all of Microsoft's first party titles would be made available on the service, with the first one being Sea of Thieves. However, Microsoft's biggest draw to their digital game library service is currently unavailable for players to use, adding onto the troubles that the highly aniticpated game has already experienced.

We will update this story as it continues to develop. 

(cover photo courtesy of Destructoid)