@Professor Chaos posted:I have always wondered if it's really the expense of creating new sound sets, or instead just saving on assembly costs.
Having the factories keep track of multiple stockpiles of engine-specific chips must be more costly than having a big pile of generic "sound chips" that can be stuck in multiple products.
To quote Henry Ford
Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black.
Sad, if this is the reason. Actual, whatever the reason.