It was a metaphor, if everyone can easily get top gear nobody will buy plat and the economy and the game itself (who do you think pays for the game to continue operation) will cease to exist.
It's a metaphor based on the assumption that a few large buyers are greater than many smaller buyers. Without seeing the company books, we have no idea. I think we should leave the economics of the STG to STG and concern ourselves with the economics of AL instead.
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