Next hardware release?

My hope is that any new ecosystem would have full compatibility with current controllers. They might be overkill with their prior conceptualization, but that can be ignored.

I guess, S8 would not loose much value just because new model would be introduced. S8 is pretty old model, so the secondhand price is already adjusted accordingly...

And sometimes it happens that legacy HW increases its value in time. If there is not good replacement.... For example Maschine Jam. Or Eclipse harmonizer by Eventide.