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Basically ditto what Silver Sonya said.
I'm not sure what folks expect from Korg/Roland/Yamaha. As someone who started with synths in the early 80's I can assure you that the big 3 synth manufacturers have always developed products that could be targeted to a broad market. That's what they did in the 80's and 90's and that's what they're struggling to do now. It's just a very different market.
The hardware market, such as it is these days, is for boutique analogs and keyboard workstations/romplers for gigging/playing musicians. It's pretty obvious which of the two is the bigger market, and I'm not mad at Roland for focusing their efforts in that direction. You may disagree, but a new analog polysynth would not be a profitable endeavor for Roland, nor would it likely satisfy purists who want nothing less than a Jupiter 8 repro.
When a novel or interesting product slips through the cracks at the big three like the FS1r, Monotron, or the V-Synth it's always a minor miracle. Personally, I would have loved it if Yamaha made an entire synth/workstation line based on the FS1r FM engine, added more knobs, and released their FM resynthesis software to the public. But that's not a synth that has wide appeal like the Motif.
As it is, I think we're in a golden age for synthesis and electronic instruments. Between new and used hardware, boutique analog manufacturers, and ridiculously powerful software-based options like Kyma, Max/Msp, and Metasynth there's not much ground left uncovered, and I'm excited about that. The fact that Roland isn't coming out with the Jupiter 10 doesn't bother me one bit.
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