The creator of Minecraft Markus "Notch" Persson (Markus Persson) described the existence of a digital store Origin "beneficial to the industry." This he said in an interview with GameSpy .
In an interview
with journalist GameSpy Markus Persson raised the issue of digital distribution. He called monopoly Valve and Steam store in the market "for quite dangerous." "I love Valve, but, in my opinion, to have only one such platform - it is pretty scary. So I like that they have competitors. For example, Desura and Impulse, which has recently been acquired by the store GameStop.
Persson also advised Electronic Arts "show why people should use exactly Origin".According to him, something in Origin done worse than Steam. "It is very strange, given that the company had eight years to learn a competitor." However, the developer called Origin "good" store.
In February 2012, the head of Electronic Arts Peter Moore (Peter Moore) has asked users to store "from 18 months to 2 years" before comparing it with Steam.
Platform digital distribution of games Origin was launched June 3, 2011 and initially was in the range of only own games publisher Electronic Arts. Gradually, the range of shops began to appear games and other major publishers, including , SEGA. At the moment, the user base Origin has 9.3 million people, 1 million of which uses the service every day. Steam users is 35 million people.
