To keep an eye on RPG developments you might check this site:
http://desslock.gamespot.com/.
There you can read coming year many companies will shift towards massive online-only RPGs, because of the success of Everquest and the like. And next to that the console market has quite a bit of attraction at the moment too. So not that good for us hard-core RPG lovers. But still there are several interesting RPGs under development, so I guess we'll not get bored anytime soon.