I would hardly call the 4 1/2 year old G70 'antiquated'. It's the same age as a T2

Let us not also forget that the genuinely antiquated G1000 is STILL considerably more advanced than even the Audya at certain things. After the failure of the Ketron 'Riff Mode' to become a 'must have' feature, surely it occurred to them that the Roland Chord Sequencer was a FAR more effective tool for doing the same thing in a far more flexible way?