I've got my Genos on pre-order, just awaiting delivery later this month. Frankly, I can't wait. I previously had a Tyros 5 and I can honestly say it was a magnificent keyboard. I think Yamaha have finally redesigned their flagship arranger to appeal to a younger, more modern potential buyer, but they're still trying to keep their traditionally older (and very lucrative) market happy, too. At this level (in terms of price) it's a very tricky balancing act.
For all the criticisms of Tyros, Yamaha appeared to do very nicely out of it: this thing went through five iterations! Genos is a 'reboot' of the Tyros brand - slicker, updated, more powerful than ever. They must be doing something right and someone must be enjoying these arrangers!
'Pro' musicians have always been sniffy about arrangers, even while they unselfconsciously advocate for the use of sampled loops in their own work. The irony is delicious. It's true arrangers like Tyros get a bad press and if the endless slew of badly-played 'golden oldie hits of yesteryear' populating YT are anything to judge by - hand on heart - that reputation is often well-deserved. But it's a shame. Tyros, as a keyboard, is so much better than its users often portray it.
I traded-in my Tyros 5 and paid £2500 in cash to get my hands on a Genos. To me, the keyboard is a Swiss Army knife: a completely comprehensive digital workstation. Feature-wise, you'll be hard to put to match many other keyboards to the specs on offer from Genos. It isn't perfect, of course, and I'm sure other keyboards excel in certain areas that might leave Genos lacking, but overall, if you're after a top-of-the-line master keyboard to 'mothership' your home DAW set-up, you can do a lot worse than look to something like Tyros/Genos.
In the end, for all the 'tut-tutting' from seasoned 'pros', these arranger keyboards bring a lot to the table for users with very different needs and priorities. We can't all be highly-trained virtuoso musicians. Many of us don't even read a note of music, so we welcome the assistance (and often the musical education) arrangers like Tyros/Genos can offer us. I just hope the music press/media/YT vloggers give Genos a fair, balanced hearing. Put your prejudices aside and take a good look at the technology on offer here and think about who would want that and why they might be prepared to pay a premium price for it.