re: Is the single player RPG dying?

So many idiots complained that Oblivion would have been better as an MMORPG, so it's entirely possible.

Same people who bitched about the real-time battle system in Final Fantasy XII and convinced Square to make the coat hanger abortion that was XIII.

Same people who bitched that Fable II's interface was too complicated and convinced Lionhead to remove menus entirely.

I could go on.