Korg may very well be using the M50 keybed... but whether the rush to trendiness came with this generation or the previous, it still boils down to trendiness.

Let's face it, what OTHER possible reason is there for going BACKWARDS? Did the community of keyboard players one day stand up and go 'You know, I could easily do with three less notes!'? No, whether the rot stated with the M50 or not for Korg, it boils down to those Nord Rhodes emulators. Then the industry played 'me too', without bothering to think whether it was the quality of the sounds in the Nords, or the number of notes that was generating sales.

Heck, Korg even came out with a RED freakin' stage piano/organ. That stinks of bandwagon jumping, not of any genuine NEED...