TopGames buys the rights to sell a certain video game title worldwide. top games pay $400,000 for this right and the marginal cost of providing the video game download is zero. TopGames’ economist realizes they have two groups of customers: the 2,000 hard-core fans of this game who will pay up to $150 a year to be able to play this game; and the 10,000 casual gamers who will pay up to $50 a year to play this game. If TopGames can NOT price discriminate, what is its profit-maximizing price? What is its profit?

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1. TopGames buys the rights to sell a certain video game title worldwide. top games pay $400,000 for this right and the marginal cost of providing the video game download is zero. TopGames’ economist realizes they have two groups of customers: the 2,000 hard-core fans of this game who will pay up to $150 a year to be able to play this game; and the 10,000 casual gamers who will pay up to $50 a year to play this game. If TopGames can NOT price discriminate, what is its profit-maximizing price? What is its profit?

a. Price = $50; Profit = negative $100,000

b. Price = $50; Profit = $300,000

c. Price = $150; Profit = $100,000

d. Price = $150; Profit = $500,000

2. TopGames buys the rights to sell a certain video game title worldwide. top games pay $400,000 for this right and the marginal cost of providing the video game download is zero. TopGames’ economist realizes they have two groups of customers: the 2,000 hard-core fans of this game who will pay up to $150 a year to be able to play this game; and the 10,000 casual gamers who will pay up to $50 a year to play this game. If TopGames can NOT price discriminate, what is its profit-maximizing price? What is its profit?

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