The flow of camera development has been the other way thus far - larger formats becoming more common and relatively more affordable; even in phones, sensors have got slightly bigger over time. It would take some interesting marketing to reverse the narrative. Ultimately, the bigger the sensor the more light you gather, and the limitations of bandwidth etc notwithstanding, anything you can do on a small sensor you can do with a bigger one.Right now I'm using an R5 and half a dozen RF lenses, but what incentive is there for me and others in a similar position to buy further products? I honestly can't see a R5 Mkii, R1 (or a future Nikon or Sony) offering anything additional that I actually want or need.
All companies periodically need to launch a new range of products that are perceived as radically different, otherwise customers have little incentive to buy further products from them. New technologies will result in major, unforeseen changes to the gear we use, especially with the inevitable advent of 3D photography/videography.
I think, based on what I've read about the greater potential of smaller formats, that when RF and Z become "stale" in a few years time, that there's a good chance that they'll be superseded by smaller formats, that are better suited to computational photography, and have lighter, smaller equivalent lenses.
On the other hand, it's probably equally likely that cameras, as we currently know them, will be almost entirely replaced by smartphones or head-worn gear.
Really, it's just a case of how far into the future these things will happen.
I won't make predictions about what comes next, I would just observe paradigm shifts are rare. For now, I am content with what we have (though unlike you I am not at the limit of current tech as my budget is very constrained).
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