I'm not understanding the argument that an ingame store has somehow ruined the game. Many of you will probably have the same feelings towards portal 2. And so to better understand and possibly agree with the viewpoint. I'd though i'd ask some peeps on Giantbomb.

The special case with TF2 is that it has been extremely well supported almost 3 years after it's release and for me I can understand why an ingame store is possibly necessary to maintain that support. Apart from that, it has been something that people have requested for a long time. There is no tangible way to earn specific items and if the willingness to pay exceeds the price they sell the item then they will buy it. TF2 is now a major supply of income for valve and hopefully that revenue keeps PC gaming alive and valve doing what it does best. Making fucking awesome games.