I believe open world games will be the next popular genre. The whole world is combining electronics all in one, games should be no different. Open world games will take off this gen and there's no doubt about it.
Genres like FPS, racing, platformers, jrpgs etc. are extremely limited and not worth $60 IMO. They get repetitive and with diminishing returns they are not worth it. In open world games you can combine all the genres in one, there is something for everybody. With the new consoles (Xbox One and PS4) open world games are a lot easier to acomplish than in previous gens.
Imagine playing a open world Uncharted, Gears of War, or pretty much anything, it would be a whole lot of fun. You can walk around, have a day and night cycle, fight random people throughout the open world, do missions, do more diverse minigames, find people online just by walking to a certain place, walk around the world with friends in co-op mode etc. If you're connected online the world can change through updates and tweaks. That is the future.
I think the success of the GTA series, the fable series, the Legend of Zelda series, the fallout series, the elderscrolls series, the borderlands series, the dead rising series, the infamous series, and probably many more are examples of how gaming is moving in that direction.
Do you agree? Am I crazy?
