No. I see lots of originality now, and lots of sequals in the past. To me you have to go back to the NES days to find a time when it seemed like every new game was a fresh concept and style.
But in the last gen on Wii we saw motion controls which were a totally new way to play, and that was even applied to Zelda to make the game style new. Mario Galaxy was a far-out concept and Xenoblade, while a classic RPG, brought an amazing new world and story, and refined jrpg gameplay. On PS3 we saw J&D dropped for Uncharted, Little Big Planet come out of nowhere and some great indie games. 360 saw the birth of Mass Effect which was a great original story and used gameplay that fused shooter with RPG. Other new titles like AC were new and fresh and CoD made online multiplayer a blast. Other fads like Guitar Hero provided good distractions for a while.
Goind forward I think it will be more of the same. Some continuations of great series and new concepts that we don't see coming. I think Sony will continue to push new themes and stories in their games. Nintendo will introduce some titles that use the gamepad in a fun way that makes for an all new experience. Titles like Destiny and Watch_Dogs will evolve their genres into something fresh. And the next minecraft or other innovation is just around the corner, we only can't see it yet because... well... we're not the ones that are going to come up with the idea.
