No offense, but if you actually thought there was a good chance of Starfield coming to PS5, that is on you. Even in that same interview you are referencing from October 2020, he says that the only platforms he can guarantee for Zenimax games are Xbox Series, PC, and Gamepass/Xbox Cloud Gaming, and said that beyond those 3 platforms, other platforms would be decided on a case-by-case basis. So far he has stayed true to that promise, some like Skyrim Anniversary, the upcoming Fallout 4 current gen port, and the Quake remaster have released on Playstation and/or Switch in addition to Xbox/PC/Cloud, as Phil said that games with a legacy on other platforms would stay on those platforms (meaning that remasters and ports of older games will be multiplat); while others, such as HiFi Rush, Redfall, and Starfield, were each decided to be Xbox/PC/Cloud exclusives on a case-by-case basis.

Even if you did have those hopes to see Starfield on PS5 back in October 2020, by March 2021 those hopes should have been dead, because Phil stated then that most future Bethesda games would only release on platforms where Xbox Gamepass was available:

https://www.eurogamer.net/phil-spencer-says-future-bethesda-games-will-be-exclusive-to-platforms-where-game-pass-exists

Then why not just release Starfield, Redfall, and all other recently aquired games on Playstation? After all the revenue they would get from doing so would only help them right? They care about controlling live services, not console sales. Right?

Dude, this is kind of a garbage comment as well.

Say what you want about me, I don't care, but dragging Trunks into it for no reason at all other than you being upset about the amount of Xbox news on the front page, going as far to compare him to f*cking Fox News is really shitty considering the damage those guys do. He just posts the news he sees, he doesn't even do opinion pieces!

Some of you need to chill with this console war stuff. You don't like seeing Xbox news on the front page then go take it up with Machina, maybe apply to be a writer if you're any good so you can post all this PlayStation news that Trunks apparently misses, stop talking shit about him when he does so much to keep the site alive and all some of you do is complain about how many Xbox articles he makes.

Your right saying the EC did see foreclosure strategy as unlikely but wrong assuming they did not anticipate such action by MS and did not take this into consideration. 

Anyway those were not really the point of contention with your argument. this was 

"They were tricked by Microsoft, made an incorrect prediction, and now are trying to cover their tracks."

Only a few paragraph down from the one you shared on the very same document prove you they were not tricked.

The article reads March 2021. So a few months before the commission's findings published in May 2021. Thanks. That was the smoking gun I needed in order to be convinced that the commission wasn't claiming that MS wouldn't foreclose on Playstation.

Why is anyone making exclusive or exclusive deals. To boast their own ecosystem no need for an intent to hurt competition.

Because if you care only about revenue and not about marketshare, you will soon find yourself driven out of the console market and forced to abandon all hardware. Obviously Xbox doesn't want to go the way of Sega, and I can't blame them for that, there is alot more money to be made in the long run, generations into the future, by establishing Xbox as more than just a distant 3rd place console now, by pushing out high tier exclusives to drive hardware sales.

Why has Sony moneyhatted about 8 AAA 3rd party timed or full exclusives over the last 5 years? Because they are in a competition with Xbox to win this generation and sell more consoles than them. Why should Xbox not counter moves like that by at least making their own 1st party games exclusive to the Xbox ecosystem? Considering what Sony has been up to, I think Xbox is being generous to give them as many Zenimax games as they have personally. It's a dog eat dog world in the gaming market, you can only expect Phil to continue to be a nice guy doormat for so long. He went above and beyond the call of duty in pursuit of a friendlier relationship between Xbox, Playstation, and Nintendo this last generation, he was largely responsible for the growth of crossplay in gaming with his efforts. But in spite of all of his efforts this past gen, Sony still wanted to play the "console wars" the old fashioned way. I can't blame Phil at all for responding to Sony's aggressive tactics by being less of a nice guy. He doesn't owe you Zenimax releases on PS5. He doesn't owe people CoD releases on PS5 either, though he will release CoD there because a. he'd lose too many CoD sales by making it exclusive, and b. it's best to stay on the good side of the regulators.

Nah man, only PlayStation and Nintendo are allowed to have exclusives, haven't you heard? Hypocrisy be damned! 

With this logic, Spider-Man should be on Xbox. Worldwide phenomenon IP. That would bring in more revenue wouldn't it?

Mods should refrain from publicly attacking others. Normally I'd just be quiet about Trunks and leave him alone. But when a mod goes ahead and decides to call me biased just because he doesn't like what I have to say?

Also like I said anyone can take a talley of how many articles put Xbox in a nice light and how many articles rag on Playstation. Then they can compare that talley with other sites. Would you like me to start a thread containing news that he misses? I don't really plan on sticking around, but I'll post nothing but links in said thread on a daily basis. No commentary. Just links to news that he misses.

Imagine thinking this site is pro MS … I haven’t got an acronym long enough to convey just how funny that is.