I don't think there's enough discussion about where the industry is heading. We don't talk about the mechanisms or psychology behind why certain trends are growing and others are diminishing.
Take this thread for example, it's kind of turned into a "I prefer X type of game so Naughty Dog will make X."
Shouldn't we consider the market trends, rather than personal preferences, when it comes to making predictions?
It's also interesting to see people say "Open world is bad so they should do linear" as if fixing the bad parts of the open world formula isn't an inevitability.