>>4045010>designed to fail commerciallyDisagree. If anything it's outperforming the R and is one of the best selling full frame canon cameras, probably one of the best selling full frames in the world second only to the recent anomaly that is the A7IV. The consumer market outperforms pro level orientated gear many times to one and the RP is so much cheaper than the R and has indistinguishable image quality to normies. People are going to buy it over the R 9 times out of 10.
Everything I've just said is an assumption, but seeing as how generally the lower end markets are where the bulk of sales are and where all the money is in almost every industry, I think I'm pretty safe in assuming that. You can see evidence to support my claim everywhere. Go to any general electronics store that sells cameras. They will have EOS RPs, lumix G85s, and Nikon z50s stocked out the wazoo. If you want an R6, an S5 or a Z7 you have to special order with them or they will have to delve into inventory and they might just have one out the back. Why? Because lower end stuff has a much higher demand and sells much better across almost every industry. Just a simple rule of business.
The premium priced A7IV is an exception to the rule. It's had an amazing natural marketing campaign in the form of youtubers, has better features that most people want and was released at a perfect time when everyone is flush with covid cash and looking for a creative money sink. If it was released any other time it wouldn't have sold as well.
You say the RP was designed so as not to take away market from the R, but by your own principle, wouldn't the R serve the purpose to direct people towards the superior R6? and that itself is gimped in such a way so as to not take market share away from the flagship? You see how your theory falls apart as you go down the model line.
Yes, the RP is a parts bin camera, but so is the R, taking its sensor from the 5DmkIV. I would have thought you knew that.
