This is something I think is one of the main things. I have a feeling they aren't even 100% sure what they will do and a lot of it will depend on what happens in the coming monthsyears.

I think your right about the hardware and I think that's the #1 reason they decided to start moving into PC gaming as well. Their whole strategy is gamepass and I think they realize it can't work just with Xbox hardware and mobile phones. That wont be enough. They need PC gamers as well to increase their gamepass subscriptions and make all of this profitable.

Well, If what you're looking for is a line from Phil Spencer where he says: "No, TES 6 won't be coming to PS5" then I'm afraid you will never hear it. So I guess we're going to have to keep waiting on this one, but I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you.

It could take up to a year for the deal to finalize (should easily be less). So of course they can't announce anything as exclusive because they don't own the games yet. 

There's no proof that, that has anything to do with it. They had no problem saying everything was going to gamepass. They had no problem saying they would be honoring the Sony contracts. They had no problem saying they would take it on a case by case basis. Outright saying everything will be exclusive though is something they just possibly can't do?

Imagine the utter rage and meltdowns of Xbox fans if Sony had actually bought Bethesda. Lol we'd be seeing posts in all caps left and right. Meanwhile the opposite has happened and PS users seem to be taking it in stride. Perhaps that will change if MS makes Bethesda games exclusive, but I don't see MS doing that.

Should probably get some glasses and re-read the threads. Theres been a lot of insecure posts after this acquisition, most Bethesda games will not come to PS, just have to man up and deal with it. MS is building gamepass and thats where this will fill in, if you think a company is willing to spend 7.5bn for their service just to release it on another platform you are truely clueless. That much money is very little to MS, they can happily take the hit short term to create their plan long term. Unlike sony who would absolutely need to release games multiplatform after an acquisition that big or risk going under.

i'll bite, the exact same stride as when FF13 went multiplatform

But that didn't happen though. And lol the response from xbox fans wouldn't even be close to what I'm seeing now. Taking it in stride? Just look at that Bethesda thread and the level of arrogance of people who are certain that those games are coming to PS5. Taking it in stride, like people going through the five stages of grief in that thread, or have literal meltdown and moving goalposts. "I'll just buy it on PC, xbox still no exclusives," "lol if you can't make your own talent, just buy everyone else." Looking at Twitter, Youtube, and here, definitely not taking it in stride. And yeah, guess we'll see. Even if they are, Gamepass day one > Buying for $70 plus. 

Just to correct you on a few things, friend.

1. My point wasn’t regarding exclusivity to one platform or the other but was in regards to the person I quoted having a long history of posts regarding GAAS versus single player games and how the industry needs strong single player titles. So yeah, it doesn’t make a lick of sense for that same person to then be excited about the possibility of one of the biggest publishers of those single player titles being snatched up and having them exclusive to one platform. There’s nothing like that in my post history. 

2. I specifically said in this thread walled off from everyone that isn’t on PlayStation. I specifically said in the other thread you linked that some games will still come to PS5 imho, and that all would come to PC and GamePass. In other words, they aren’t walled off to one platform at all. Yikes, friend, you’re 0 for 2 here.

3. This was also before Sony started snatching up year+ long deals for Bethesda titles and others. So fuck em. Don’t start none won’t be none. Hope that helps.

Well of course. Xbox is an open ecosystem, because of that Zenimax's games will be on PC and xCloud as well as Xbox, so there are more options for Sony fans to still play Zenimax games day one if MS decides to not allow them on PS5. Sony on the other hand would have locked those games to PS5, possibly not even allowing day one PC releases for them, which would have had both Xbox and PC gamers furious (PC is Bethesda's largest fanbase, not Xbox, with a massive modding community for their games). 

There is also the fact that Bethesda (and id and Arkane) have past history with Xbox, Bethesda Softworks has always been associated with Xbox as a result of that, so of course Xbox fans would have been furious if Sony hatted a formerly Xbox associated publisher away from Xbox. Sony acquiring Bethesda and then making their games PS5 exclusive would have been roughly equivalent to MS acquiring Insomniac, Quantic Dream, and Housemarque, and then locking them all off from releasing on PS5, Sony fans would go nuclear if that had happened.