The hardware numbers are from the Steam hardware survey, updated monthly. The rise of F2P, Freemium, competitive gaming (LoL, Dota, CS etc), Early Access and Indie's are not "tales from my ass", these are clear and observable trends. Google anything related to "F2P PC revenue". I can't be arsed to do the work for you.
They're (CDP) going multiplatform because it earns for more money than just developing for PC exclusively.
People are blaming the spilled milk due to the fact that milk exists.
It was known from the start the TW3: Wild Hunt was multiplatform. The fact they (CDP) intentionally misled people, then slowly scaled down the graphics to adjust expectations / realities is on them, not on the fact that consoles exist.
P.S: If a mod wonders how this relates to the topic at hand...this is in relation to the 2 stages of internet grief, where people initially blame the developer / publishers, then blame consoles. (Regarding the downgrade).