Makerbot is here to stay. With this said though, I could see them inching their way into new forms of technology. Specifically DLP / Laser printing via SLA. SLA printers will be the ones that retail in the $1000+ range, while FFF printers like the replicators will no longer be able to be sold for such high prices. With the mod-t and the M3D printers coming for under $300, Makerbot can't expect to get thousands of dollars for theirs.