That's also a good point, squeak. Mind you, you compare a MotifXS 76 to a G70 (now that MI are handling them and the price dropped) and the price isn't THAT much different. About $2800, roughly, USD. Nearly $3.5k for an 88..... street price. That's major money in anybody's opinion.

The difference between arp development and styles is that each arp is usually a thing unto itself, whereas every part of a style has to be related. Different developers can work on arps (one guy does the guitars, another does drums, another bass-lines, no need for much interaction), but a style is usually one man, or one team. ALL the parts have to gel. And then there's all those Intros and Outros, and all the fills. It's quite a different thing to a bunch of patterns.

But I admit we do tend to pay a premium, especially when something is groundbreaking and new. I guess the trade-off is that for most of us, one arranger does the job. You don't see too many workstation/synth players with just one keyboard! So they pay a little less, but have to carry two....