This favors the try-it method: if it works for you, then continue doing it.

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If you become too large a portion of it then you cannot continue to charge premium prices: thus margins shrink.

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The alternative is the Bayesian method, in which you simply guess at the answer and then continue to collect data as it comes in.

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The game then saves character upgrades and progress back to the toy so you can take it to a friends house and continue playing with all your upgrades.

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