If I could somewhat simplify matters for a moment. There are two types of synthesists: those who want many new features, and those who want primarily the old fundamental features. The discussions on this forum fall almost exclusively into the first group. Everybody seems to want the latest and greatest features, things brilliantly original, bold, and ground-breaking. Hence, each time DSI releases a new synthesizer, as surely as the sun will set, there will appear on this forum in the new instrument's section a "New Features" thread. New, new, new; more, more, more. People will suggest, request, or even demand that DSI add new features to the instrument as it provides OS updates. Some times it sounds as if the instrument - in its released form - is barely playable.
A very few of us fall into the second category. Rather than many new features, we want primarily those rock-solid essential features of a synthesizer that suggest vintage instruments, together with a pure raw analog tone. It seems as if we're considered indifferent to the further development of the synthesizer as a do-everything sort of electronic gadget. But that isn't it at all. Rather, we happen to have such a strong liking for the synthesizer as a musical instrument that we're actually annoyed by the constant demands for new features. As if the synthesizer were crippled in its current state and needed to be made fit at last for use!
Whatever may be the authenticity of the above announcement, I would love to see such instruments as the 2600, CAT, and MS-20 in full size once more available. Not because they're retro, vintage, or provide a walk down memory lane, but entirely because they're excellent synthesizers that are strong in the fundamentals of synthesis, period. There's nothing more to it than that; it's an entirely musical preference. There's a pleasure in working with a relatively simple instrument that doesn't tempt you to wander off into unnecessarily complex sound design territory, that doesn't distract you with an abundance of features.
Sure, it can be thrilling to sit at a Prophet 12, where it seems you could create any sound you could imagine, and many you could not. But there's an equally gratifying experience in sitting at a synthesizer that provides just the basics, and, therefore, a minimum of distractions from the time-consuming work of producing beautiful music. So, I'm glad someone has finally decided to re-issue these classic synthesizers and spare those of us interested the many headaches of buying and maintaining used instruments.