This is changing (very slowly), more and more games are scaling to higher thread counts (and having more capabilities as a result). Ashes of the Singularity is

This is changing (very slowly), more and more games are scaling to higher thread counts (and having more capabilities as a result). Ashes of the Singularity is a good example of a recent game that actually benefits from higher end high core count CPUs. I imagine many genres will never be heavy CPU users though, like low player count competitive FPS and MOBA.