@icedquinn Having once used one of the 'professional' tier Casio synths, a big portion of what people want is a combination of brand image and something that looks pretty while making noise. This is because if one wants a quality hardware synth for as cheap as possible, the preenFM2/3 and Waldorf Blofeld have been on sale for years at this point. And even so, most synthesizers have been at least capable of Good sound for multiple generations now.

Still unsure how manufacturers plan to build MIDI 2.0 deeper.