I always chuckle when i think of the "choice" between an origin character and a player made one.
"Would you like a super in-depth backstory origin character with awesome dialogue, looks and connections to the entire story written in??!! OR would you like a bland, boring no backstory character with generic cusomization with no connection at all to the story? :("
and then people wonder why the origin system is "popular". pizza or a kick in the balls is about right lol. "our metrics are showing that people do NOT being kicked in the balls therefore we'll only going to make pizza from now on" ¯\_(ツ)_/¯