Single Player Gaming- A Dying “Trend”?

Game series such as Halo, Battlefield, Call of Duty, and Gears of War did not find success within their single-player campaigns. In fact, it's arguable that many titles like these have forgone focus on their single player elements (which for these was many times referred to as mediocre at best) in lieu of more social, multiplayer ones.

However, despite this seemingly looming presence of multiplayer over the world of video games, many gamers still would consider themselves “single-player gamers”. So, with multiplayer gaming holding strong as flavor of the week… or past few years… some are beginning to wonder about the outlook for single player video games and whether or not many of our favorite games or game series will only be available via multiplayer in the near future? To put things simply- Is single player gaming a dying “trend”?