Well we don't know what deals could be going into place right now. As it is DCS is used in 3 other scales too while being DCC compatible. There is good opportunity here as the DCC market is plenty hot. Pretty much all of the decoder and hardware companies are separate from the locomotive manufactures. The DCS system could be updated to control DCC as well. I don't think it's market is as limited in theory as some might think at first glance.
Fact is the TIUand AIU could benefit highly from new hardware in many ways. Could this be one of the new things the announcement alludes to? An integrated smaller unit with DCC onboard could be interesting for sure. Maybe an advanced controller combining the touch screen with more tactile throttle control like the ESU system. One could run the whole thing off a Raspberry Pi sized unit and still have excess computing power.
Not saying any of this is true or what is happening just pointing out possibilities.
