VR is just really cool, will be so amazing for games like the Vanishing of Ethan Carter.
I agree. To me, its the only current paradigm that gives old gamers -a chance- to experience something mind-blowing. That one property hasn't been created yet, but hopefully one day someone will.
In the same way that everyone has a story about that first 3D game that blew their mind (OoT, Doom, HL2, whatever) ... there could be that transcendent VR game that will have a similar effect on people. Then we'll all spend a decade chasing that high.
Maybe I'm just biased and old, but it feels like the current paradigm has been in a rut for quite awhile.