Yeah, like Fallout 4 on PS5 or Quake II Remastered on Switch.
AKA re-releases of older legacy games. This says nothing about new installments of big franchises, and we already know games like TES VI are not coming to PlayStation as per Phil's own statements, even if that violates the conditions they gave to regulators in determining which games would be made console-exclusive to Xbox.
I've long held the belief that Starfield will eventually come to other platforms once all the DLC is out and the hype subsided. The all but obvious "Game of The Year Edition" will come out and be treated like shovelware (think Skyrim) for other platforms so Microsoft can pick up remaining bags of cash. I can't wait until 2030 when I can finally play this on my Samsung refrigerator.
The real question is how will Fallout 5/Elder Scrolls be treated since they're existing franchises on other platforms that gamers have loved for years. This hasn't been seen yet since we got Redfall and Starfield first (New IP) but to me this is the real test for Microsoft.
You might be right about Starfield, but that still doesn't mean it wasn't made at least a timed console exclusive. An exclusive is still an exclusive, technically speaking.
As for TES VI, we already got our answer: Xbox console exclusive. I'm expecting similar for Fallout 5, maybe even the next DOOM game as well. I'm not saying any of this is wrong; these are Microsoft's IP now and they can do what they want with them. And I don't even hold them cancelling the PS5 version of RedFall against them since that's a game that would've fit the criteria of being made exclusive.
But the hilarity comes in when that same logic's applied to a Starfield, or TES VI, as those technically meet the criteria MS gave to regulators like the EC in cases a Zenimax game would stay multiplatform. Though, since regulators like the EC don't even have an issue with large foreclosure of Zenimax IP on consoles (assuming they don't, since they feel similar about ABK), I guess in the end they give MS a "get out of jail free" card anyhow.