When I look back on my gaming life, there are two significant times in history that seemed awe-inspiring and magical.  The first was the introduction of the NES, when every game and genre was new, when the underground of Super Mario Bros. seemed creepy and full of mystery.  True 2D gaming was fresh and in its infancy and it was amazing to explore it. The second great time of "new" and "awe" was the change to 3D.  Even games with crappy (by today's standards) seemed really facsinating because of true 3D immersion.  I can remember the exploring Shadows of the Empire or Doom and being amazed.  The games that have followed those early pioneers in 2D and 3D gaming have been great, just lacking that big shift.

So I wonder, will we ever experience something like that again?  Is there something new to experience?  I feel a little sad thinking that we may never again experience that "fresh" game experience that a new way of gaming provided.  Motion controls were cool and so was online gaming.  Graphical upgrades have also been nice.  But not the same as that new way of seeing a new world.  What do you think?  What could a new innovation be?

Nope. Never. Gamers have spoken. All we want are analog controllers on TVs. No virtual reality, no motion controls, no nothing. Better images. That's it.

3D to 4D

Lol at that Knuckle sig xD

OT: good virtual reality games. Oculus Rift is the closest we have right now, but we still not there yet.

Occulus Rift and Kinect ?

From what I've heard from people, Oculus Rift could be that big of a change, it's still in the early stages as well. Further into the future some sort of projection technology could transform your entire room into a dynamic game world, a step up from augmented reality.
Besides that I think we have a lot to look forward to still with things like AI and Physics. Games with characters who understand and react to speech is going to be amazing. It might be far into the future but not outside of our lifetimes. Worlds that allow you to interact with anything and everything.
Mind controlled gaming is a posibility as well. http://www.ted.com/talks/tan_le_a_headset_that_reads_your_brainwaves.html

There's is plenty left to amaze and surpise us going forward into gaming.

I'm already putting a group together to reject that device as soon as it's released.  We don't like Kinect, Wii U Pads, Wii Remotes, 3D glasses, Playstation Move, Power Gloves, Guitar Hero, or anything.  Even if its a success, we will shun that "gimmick".  Better frame rates.  Higher resolution.  That's all we allow.  We fear change.

So says the mainstream gamer.

Virtual reality is probably the biggest change we might get. Pair Oculus Rift with an omni treadmill and we're getting fairly close.

Something in the line with sword art online/matrix will do.

As a owner of an oculus rift Dev kit. Without a doubt in q couple years it'll revolutionize gaming.