And both cameras have consistently been among the top 10 best-selling cameras in Japan since their launch, and usually one or both have been among the top three. Canon is smart enough to know that if it ain't broke, you don't fix it. Canon is also smart enough not to let forum members make their product decisions for them. Imagine that...
While I generally agree, I'm not sure if Canon does.
I think it may be getting to the point where, just as with the R7, you will have to reconsider your position. (And, yes, the R7 may not be a
direct replacement for the 7D, but it is certainly a replacement.)
For video bloggers I'm not sure the smaller size of the M series would have any benefit over this body. Also we haven't yet seen how small Canon can make a crop-sensor R, although the lens mount will be a limiting factor.
I suppose it is possible that Canon could retain the M series as the "tiny, portable" system for travel and the R system for everything else, but siphoning off the video market would certainly cut into M sales and make sustaining the system less viable.
Only Canon knows if size alone is a deciding factor for purchasing interchangeable lens bodies. However, when I look at how the iPhones and iPads have been supersized in recent years, I wonder just how much of a factor small size is.
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it," sounds good, but in reality companies break their products all the time.