Gabe Newell DICE Keynote: “PC Gaming Belongs in the Living Room”

The co-founder of Valve and Steam, Gabe Newell took the stage to deliver his keynote speech during the D.I.C.E. SUMMIT. During his address, which you can view above, he addresses many things, most notably in the way of accessible PC gaming stating that the Steam Box, Valve’s in-home PC streaming console, could eventually get as low as $0.

 “The price point that’s going to be hit is going to be much, much lower than things we’ve traditionally seen in living room devices. Better, it’s basically a PC in the console form factor and at the console price point. There’s nothing really magical about the hardware – this is the great thing about PC, is that it’s been evolving so quickly.”

Newell was quick to point out that there are some definite hurdles to overcome in his company’s vision of a home streaming system.

“One thing we believe is latency sensitivity is going to increase in the future. The ability to do local, high-speed processing will become more important than it is right now.”

“If we’re wrong, at least it will be spectacularly entertaining as a failure”