> It's moved away from boxed retail, sure and many games have gone multi-platform as it's not financially viable to release on any one single platform
Yet we see many console exclusives. At retail (and marketing), which employ many thousands of people worldwide PC gaming is ever more fading in importance. What you state is basically the point.
But for playing online mini games PC gaming (especially if you count laptops, tablets, etc which are primarily used for webbrowsing) such as card games, gambling, board games, etc PC gaming will remain dominant for the longterm future.