Talk:TennoGen/@comment-30023704-20180124111938/@comment-67.193.7.87-20180224080849

Dapix while somebody could in theory trade for plat and get Tennogen stuff "Free" - the reality is at the end of the day somebody had to pay for the platinum, so in reality it's not free. It is, in some shape or form, paid for. Even if by somebody else.

The real reason we have this function, and PC doesn't, is because of Valve and their greed. They want to take a cut from the transactions, in monetary form.

As far as I'm aware, Sony and Microsoft do the same thing, except they take their share from the base purchase of platinum. Since neither Sony nor MS host Tennogen workshop, they are not actually entitled to financial compensation from Tennogen purchases - whereas on PC, Valve is entitled to that. From what I understand, DE also has to pay off Valve in order for consoles to even have Tennogen in the first place.

That is what happens when you sell your soul to Valve.