It's something that we all have to face. We saw it coming years ago, the slow steady dive into oblivion of the classic, designed-for-PC-only computer game, its future and fate sealed with the advent of close-to-PC consoles (argue that as you will) and the mass popularization of apps, tablets, smart phones, and thus an avalanche of crowd-pleasing shovelware. Please pardon the use of these overused phrases.
Seriously, it's inevitable at this point. Intel is no longer pushing for desktop performance. While Broadwell is perfectly suitable for its use, its main focus is on portability and fanless tablet implementation. No more keyboard + mouse, sorry. It's all about point and tap/drag now. AMD is still woefully behind and are still just hanging on with their lame APU's. Nvidia keeps tripping all over themselves and if you think ATI will save the day, I've got a pair of cool 3D glasses to sell to you.
So what's the future, then? The only good thing I can think of to say is that gaming itself is bigger than ever. People the world wide are finding more and more time to waste fiddling around with these plants and zombies and shit, so that's got to mean there's still a market for more serious games still, doesn't it? I mean not all of us are retarded and have the attention span of an endgame Lyric Suite, so there's hope still, right? Turn-based is still alive and kicking, Kickstarter is still responsible for plenty of shit that's slightly better than ritual suicide, so there's no need to fear, right?
I'm not so sure. I'm not convinced. We either need some sort of revolutionary answer to this terrible finger swipe plague or we may just have to kiss the whole thing goodbye. Funny how the future of PC gaming comes down to the demise of one of its most simple peripheral devices, isn't it?
Am I wrong? Convince me otherwise.