We didn't have video games when I was a kid, and as I grew up, being allowed to play a board game was a big deal, at least to me. I could see kids today having the same feeling about board games, even with the video games, but I think they'd be few and far between.
It is much harder these days to try and co-ordinate the times to play together... I guess it was hard when I was young, but I had less commitments then and it was my parents that had to make the time!