In these dire economic times, it only makes sense to pull back to just the low end of the market, IMO.

Maybe when we see a REAL recovery (you know, one that affects WORKING people as well as retirees!), it's likely we'll see a spike in TOTL innovation and production, but the high end is pretty much a gamble for any company right now. Some already HAVE robust enough low end sales (in particular, Yamaha) to support what must be a less profitable high end division for at least a while, but Roland have wisely (at least, it SEEMS wise!) decided to have a real go at the BOTL market, and if they can come out with some really competitive products, maybe we'll see a re-emergence in the TOTL.

In the meantime, FantomG is still selling pretty well, is being updated nicely, and is still the go to tool for the hiphop and dance and trance crowd when they aren't using VSTi's. But that's the big dog in the room.... At home and in the studio, at least, more and more work is being done on computers, and a much stronger division is appearing between what recordists want, and what live players want. At the WS end of things, Yamaha's MoXS/F is ruling the roost, but on most stages, you'll see Roland's stage piano line as quite prominent if that is being used.

Don't write Roland completely off so soon...