Xbox Empire - Game of the Year Awards - 2016 Results.

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I'm starting to not care for Activision purchase niether except toys for bob but toy's for bob is not worth 69 billion. If it fails what can Microsoft buy that is not the level of COD? About every Japanese 3rd party can't outdo the money COD makes on console/mobile etc not even Monster Hunter can beat COD yearly sales.

Also potions are really playing a big roles for the healing. Did not play for so long but if I remember the healing overtime one (+ upgrades) is really good a while playing at highest difficulty, I always had this one equiped + the normal healing one. 

And of course, upgrading them is super important.

Agreed I was only thinking about covering the cost of development and obviously that wouldn’t be enough , if they are forced then they should play hardball with the price since MS are the ones paying all the development costs.

Same. Though, I think EC will pass it, I'm still not confident in CMA since they've blocked a lot of stuff lately and they rarely do behavioural remedies which is the only thing that Microsoft can realistically offer, they will not divest. So, I'm at this stage assuming it will be blocked, I think most should do the same to save the disappointment, things are not going well and it's hard to comeback from being targeted by a major regulator.

It really sucks for the workers at ABK, I feel most sorry for them, FTC can't pretend to give a shit about unions anymore, it's annoying from a consumer standpoint, it's annoying from a regulatory standpoint, I'm all in favour of FTC pummelling certain big tech companies who abuse their positions but Microsoft wasn't that and they're wasting their limited money and time on a wild goose chase just to get a weak win.

We should want better from our regulatory bodies, they should actually have to put a bit of research in and actual facts, all this tells me is that FTC is pretty useless at their jobs and gives me no confidence that they will be able to take on actual market abusers such as Amazon or God help them if they try to take on Google/Apple's app stores, Lol.

If Activision does fail who do you want Microsoftr acquire?

Sega would be good for extra PC and Japanese support and likely fly under regulatory scrutiny. Certain Affinity and Skybox Labs can do original IPs but they're vital for Halo support, if Xbox loses CoD then they absolutely need to start tripling down on Halo. Asobo and IO Interactive are just brilliant original IP studios.

I'd go after those first, I'd do a bunch of individual studio acquisitions first, all under $1bn to avoid regulation, so we don't have to wait months for a publisher acquisition to close again and then I would go after Sega or Capcom (if possible) but I think anything above those guys is going to get blocked at this stage.

I do think Microsoft will still try to find a large mobile capable studio to make up for King a little but so many of them are already owned.

If it's something bandaid from that Activision blockbuster. that team could be Capcom or something like 2k which just have 1 IP worth anything in sales but not yearly like COD more like once a decade talking about Grand Theft Auto. Those guys are super slow in making that Ip.

Xbox Empire - Game of the Year Awards - 2017 Results

Hosted by Shikamaru317

Stats

• Closest Contests: Best Shooter, Best RPG, Best Graphics, Best Male Performance, Best Female Performance, Best Singleplayer, Best Multiplayer, Best Story, Most Anticipated 2018 Console Exclusive (1 Point)
• Least Close Contest: Best ID@Xbox Release (6 Points)
• Most Total Points: Cuphead for Best Art Design (12 points)
• # of Ballots: 10

I feel since Ryuu96 is too much into Xbox him and Shikamaru, GTO few other users, their opinion matter more to the well being of Xbox more than me. I wonder what Shikamaru and GTo will say?