I bet , rich parents so often spoil their kids with needlessly expensive gifts .

Apart from that there are also people who will always buy the best and most expensive things just so they can brag about owning the best and most expensive things . In the end it's what you do with your instruments . I bet there are many people who can create a better end product with the Triton LE than some who use the Oasys .

Yeah I wouldn't be suprised if both Yamaha and Roland would also come out with an open ended all in one mega synth similar to the Oasys . It will be interesting to see if those have an equally astronomical price tag but more importantly if they offer anything new and ground breaking .

Some features I think would be good for such synths are:

-Completely new synthesis engine with completely new samples created specifically for the new instument to take advantage of the better engine .

-Enough Polyphony so that running out of is pratically impossible .

-The ability to import samples/sample libaries from a great variety of formats .

-Support for 1GB or larger ( if they exist) Media cards .

-A sequencer which finally offers more than the standard 16 Tracks , I think the Alesis Fusion offers 32 Tracks , that should be the bare minimum .

-A big harddrive

-A DVD R/W drive . Why ? Because today some sample libaries come on DVD and you can fit more on a DVD and they support a higher Audio bitrate than a CD too .

- A high quality sampler which rivals stand alone hardware/software .

The list goes on...

I'm sure that if someone were to make a synths that addresses all of the shortcomings of Insruments like the Oasys people might be more willing to pay thousands of dollars .