I see games having more social focus with just how easy and immediate it is to stream and share this generation.

I also anticipate the return of small teams executing visionary concepts on a broad commercial scale. The indy revolution is over and with many of these games beginning to become serious game of the year contenders, I think the golden age of downloadable non-retail titles is about to take place. Unrestricted self-publishing on Steam and PSN opened the door for this.

Microconsoles (ouya, vita tv) will be every where and there will be many players entering the game. There will be articles on how traditional consoles are on the endangered species list, but like mobile gaming, it will coexist, as obviously nothing can erase the enthusiast community we are apart of. I think cable providers will start to ship you a controller with your digital box. There's talk of microsoft making a deal with a cable provider for subsidized xbox ones to come as your cable box but I suspect they'd rather just have the Google Play store accessible from your on demand menu.