Minecraft-skaparen Markus "Notch" Persson har i en intervju med Gamespy berättat att han uppskattar att EA:s digitala plattform Origin finns, eftersom Steam behöver en konkurrent.
"I think it's a bit dangerous to only have one digital distribution platform like Steam. I love Valve, but out of principle, I find the idea of one platform a bit scary. So I like that there are others competing - for example, Desura and Impulse, who recently got bought by GameStop. It's a good thing that there are more."
Men visst kan man kritisera Origin också, vilket Notch också påpekar:
"Origin does a couple things badly compared to Steam, which is impressive since they had eight years to study Steam. They should definitely have a chance to do their thing, but they might want to move away from titles that make people use it and show people why they should use it."