The exclusivity deal was made during a time when Sony and Microsoft were posturing for the next generation of consoles. Remember when we didn't know the price of the PS5 and Series S/X until like 2 months before their release? I wouldn't be surprised if CBU3 is experiencing major regret over this exclusivity deal right now, but a contract is a contract.

My major worry now is whether the PS5-owning portion of the FFXIV fanbase will actually keep what they know of FFXVI out of FFXIV chat, or if they will spoil the PC players for shits and giggles. My assumption is that there are going to be people trolling over this, and the moderation staff might already have plans in place to hand out bans for that. But if enough people do it, it would probably dissuade Yoshi-P from ever agreeing to any further exclusivity deals that prevent a PS/PC release on the same day.