RPGs in this next, upcoming generation.

Eh, I disagree...Felt like last gen was one disappointing Square RPG after another, with little else to bite on. There's been a much wider range of RPG's available this generation compared to last gen: A lot more SRPG's and a lot more that fall outside of the idea of 'mainstream' RPG's (Ys, Atelier series and the Shin Megami Tensei series finally coming over) to go with the continuing series' (FF, Wild Arms, Suikoden). I never felt particularly drawn to more than maybe 6 RPG's from PS1 (FF7, Xenogears <kind of>, Suikoden 1 and 2, Star Ocean and Valkyrie Profile...There was Growlanser 2, which was a PS1 game originally but was released as a PS2 game...) and a lot of games both look and play better this generation (no more headache-inducing messes of polygons running around and load times are generally improved), on top of the better variety. The only thing wrong is there's too much to play...A problem I'll gladly take, as opposed to the situation from previous generations.

Look for most series' to go straight to PS3. Unless smaller companies decide they can't afford to and they opt to develop for DS or PSP instead. Wii and 360...Nintendo might opt for Paper Mario/Wii Wars/Fire Emblem and Microsoft will have enough domestic RPG's and Mistwalker/SE's offerings, but the majority will go to PS3.

Rather than worrying about the growing pains of the next gen (which, in the end, will mean little more than long waits and less variety than we have now in exchange for better graphics...At least for the first couple years), I'm looking forward to more localizations for this gen (most of which would never have happened in previous generations).

Jam it back in, in the dark.