Minecraft Creator "Worried" About Steam PC Dominance

Minecraft creator and Mojang boss Markus Persson has advocated a future on PC that isn't dominated by a platform such as Steam, but instead sees more independent studios self-publishing and using social media to market their projects in a grassroots way.

Persson told PC Gamer why, although he loves Valve's digital service, he's concerned about the company dominating the industry.

"Minecraft has kept growing very fast (and is selling faster than ever), which combined with us not being on Steam leads to some potentially interesting strategic positions. I'm not quite sure what those are, but we're a bit wary to submit Minecraft to Steam without knowing more about what we want to do," he said.

"As much as I love Steam, I do somewhat worry about the PC as a gaming platform becoming owned by a single entity that takes 30% of all PC games sold. I'm hoping for a future where more games can self-publish and use social media and friends to market their games.

"Perhaps there's something we could do to help out there? I don't know. If nothing else, we might work as an inspiration for people to self-publish."