Yes they are but since they own the titles they would get money irregardless.
Plus I doubt they're about to lock all games to gamepass subscriptions so pc users will still be buying and playing games.
This is simply crippling choices, making the consumer pick a console side and be locked to it.
Nothing for consumers to be happy about.
Erm, the irony here is that Sony has bought studios and made games exclusive for years and years and those that love Sony never say anything bad about it, and the exclusives have always been the biggest argument for PlayStation consoles. Now that MS have done it, everyone is up-in-arms saying it's anti-competitive and it shouldn't be allowed to happen. And then there are those that just respond by saying how crap Bethesda games are and how it's no big loss, which is blatantly false. Their games are great for the most part. Sure, they've had some poor releases, but on the whole they've been responsible for some pretty important games in the past, some that have been genre-defining. And the fact that developers like id software, Maxhine Games, and Arkane are coming along to Xbox is huge. The loss of franchises such as Elder Scrolls, Fallout, and DOOM is pretty massive and the fact that they'll be on Game Pass as a day one first party release shows just how serious Microsoft are about Game Pass. Sony have absolutely missed a trick with no competition to Game Pass.
The truth of it is that Microsoft has been incredibly shrewd with this acquisition, Phil Spencer has obviously been working toward the relationship for a long time going by what was discussed during the roundtable event, and it shows that Microsoft are very serious about offering the best experience possible to the gamer with the Xbox brand. I'm very happy to own a Series X.