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Yeah I was looking that up last night and saw a post from I think Yamahamusic forums or something by a mod that said Yamaha has no intentions at this time for a separately available VST.
The next modular widget on my radar...a phaser with its own built in noise sources that can turn it into its own self contained instrument with some cable patching:
https://lorre-mill.com/float_glass
Seems obvious to me but new gear that sounds better than older gear does not make the music better, but new gear that sounds better which inspires the creator often results in better music with greater emotional impact. In my world, I don't run across many musicians who aren't driven by emotion, feel, soul, whatever you want to call it. They buy new gear, but it never gets out in front of their art. I forget which great studio bass player was once asked about why with all the great basses he owned, he seemed to play his old, beat up Precision most of the time, and he described it by talking about all the beautiful women you meet on the road, and how they're younger, prettier and sexier, but for some reason you keep going back to your old, familiar wife! 😀 I hope his wife never saw that interview.
Or, do you mean the software being available to separately purchase without having to own the hardware?
I don't think they've ever hinted at a standalone purchase any time soon.