Hello..Genos not release 2016 but 2017.

In the 12nd September Yamaha presented the first video trailer


In the 2nd October 2017 Yamaha presented the first video of campaign with Alex Christensen


And the release time it was in 2nd November 2017
https://usa.yamaha.com/products/contents/keyboards/arranger_workstations/genos/index.html
I bought it from Greece in early 2018 because then he arrived the first stock.
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Right you are, Sokratis! My mistake. Thanks for posting the right Genos release date.

too rich for my pay scale, i'm out.

I'm on the fence...Can anyone tell me how many MPG I can expect when I'm driving in the city?

In Russia prices for instruments are also about 15% higher than it used to be in January-February. Although now I see that Korg has lowered them a bit.

I often try to imagine what would I buy right now if I had to start everything from scratch; an arranger used to be my priority; but right now, I guess, I would consider Yamaha MODX 7.

For this money I don’t really see other instruments which provide such a quality of acoustic sounds while being also capable when it comes to contemporary music.

While sound wise Montage or Genos are not that superior to MODX, as I understand, they are better mechanically.

Still, I have a feeling that Yamaha targets a different group of people when it comes to Genos; perhaps they don’t expect them to be very pragmatic about this purchase. But I know that professionals have to buy it as well.

Current prices here in Europe? I dont really see a raise..
With what happened in the UK, companies getting fined for forcing prices in shops

Looks like the Genos now sells for €3300 or €3400.. and thats including 20% sales tax.

No, simply because €, £ and US$ is at higher rate than it's been for a long time.
We're not a member of EU, and NOK has dropped a lot. Genos here is now listed at NOK 59.670,-, but at 'sale' for NOK 47.900,-. That's € 4.470 / US$ 5027.
That's a lot more than I did pay 2 years ago......

Can someone explain to me what makes this keyboard worth that price? Lots of less expensive keyboards also sound great, especially when demo'd by a coorporate pro. Raising the price now with the limited market it already has is hard to understand.

Doesn't it come down to Yamaha's knowing very well that the average buyer of their product is in that older, more disposable income demographic? They've milked that for many years. I mean, how many times have they come out with a new model that's only been a fairly marginal upgrade of the previous one?