I think it's up in the air. A lot of RPG fans have abandoned JRPGs to WRPGs that focus more on visuals and different battle systems. JRPGs tend to stick to traditional battle systems and turn based combat, when they do stray they tend to do so a little more conservatively. Of course these are generalizations but I think they hold up pretty well. I think JRPGs will probably continue around where they are in popularity level (and I'll continue to play them as I love them) but I don't see them incorporating the more WRPG elements to gain popularity as it would alienate their fan base, but some do in cool ways (Playing Xenoblade now and very much enjoying it) it's hard to say.
I'd be interested to know if RPGs in general are less popular this gen or if the rise of more casual games (both the Wii Series, etc. and what I would argue is almost as 'casual' for most fans - the FPS games like COD, Halo, etc.) have just overshadowed them in sales.
Systems Currently Playing: WiiU, PS3, 3DS
Also Have: Atari 2600, NES, SNES, PS1, N64, PS2, Wii, GB, GBC, GBA, DSLite, DSi, Android (RazorMax), iPhone (4), iPad (2)
