there are some things that the otm doesnt want people to have without spending actual money
if everything could be bought using in-game money then otm would lose a lot of its profit
Doubtful.
If anything allowing plat items to be traded therefore purchased with item or gold xfers would dramatically increase sales.
Considering a large percentage of the player base are children that do not own credit apples but, instead, have a plethora of free time (and gold). Those players would be very likely to invest in platinum items with their gold and would increase platinum item demand. If they trade for it with in game gold them that means some player had to purchase it with platinum. If the platinum item exists in game then somewhere somehow rl money was spent. Increasing the base of players that can realistically attain plat items (tapping into a non-credit apple bearing market) would cause plat sales to skyrocket and game enjoyment/fairness for those limited individuals to increase.
While some plat sales may increase originally I feel that making the last few none tradable plat items tradeable would dry up the influx of new cash.
Most players find a way to get a little cash for some backpack space and a few sigils. If you could buy this with in game gold a lot of players will not make their first plat purchase. This is the hook that gets players coming back for more. It's a common marketing practice for micro payment games. Get a lot of players to spend a little cash and a few will continue to buy larger amounts.
If plat became tradeable as many people have asked for not only would I never buy plat again since I could use in game gold. I would also horde any plat I could find and buy thousands of sigils since it would not cost me real money.
