Fair enough. If you have enough extra space to have a large formal dining room, you can find something to do with it even if you don't have a lot of big dinner parties. (At one point I wanted to have a billiard room but my (then separated from the kitchen) dining room just wasn't big enough.

A big table is at least fairly multipurpose if you have the space. A lot of other furniture is a lot less so.

Until your wife gets tired of them. Now I have two beautiful well kept GeekChic tables for sale and have a fancy natural wood dining room table with two halves and glass between them. Very pretty but no gaming capability beyond a large mostly flat surface.