Computer gaming is on the decline. I think in the not-too-distant future, games will be almost exclusively on consoles hooked to big LCD TVs, and desktop computers will largely disappear, being replaced by laptops and smart phones.
Gaming might have dropped some but it’s not even close to going away. Of course meanwhile media PCs that hook into the TV for watching programs are the big growth direction in home computing, which means at some point PC gaming via the big LCD TV will become the fad and the consoles will be in trouble. The periodic console wars have always hurt the business, every 5 years everybody comes out with new models and to play most of the games you want you need to get at least two. People like to complain about needing to periodically upgrade computers but unless you stick to one brand of console their upgrades cost just as much, and with the computer you get applications and useful things as well as gaming.
I agree that computer gaming is on the decline; much better to go with a game platform.
I used to game on the computer (Battlefield), but haven’t played in a while. And since I no longer game, I now use OpenSuse Linux most of the time.
My son has Xbox 360, and it’s a piece of garbage. He had it replaced under that overheating fiasco, and now he’s having some more problems with the 7 month old replacement unit, which isn’t under warranty. Microsoft is really good at one thing; driving away customers....