The Rogue, which also suffers from the above concerns does more. It is also cute which the prodigy isn't.

Avoid, it's horrible, misguided hype.

As for durability, I used to gig with this machine, changing patches on the fly, by hitting sliders and tweaking knobs with fury. Not one is broken or malfunctioning, even after 24 years of use. Not bad at all. I love this synth and will never sell it. Although its monophonic, which limits its use somewhat, I highly recommend owning one. Running it through some reverb, delay, etc. provides for some really killer analog sound fodder.

One reason the Pro One has more features is that it came out after the Prodigy and it's designs were a response to the Prodigy that were intended to give it the edge in the same markets. At the end of the day though, the extras are excellent but the most important equation remains excellent sounds and how they're used. I've heard great music done with a Prodigy, Pro One, Source, Odyssey, etc., with the common denominator being excellent sounds, vs. nerdy arguments about whether one has X or Y features. Incidentally, the abovementioned is all common sense stuff to some..

Build quality's quite acceptable; more simplistic than some but the actual quality's not a problem and is about the same as a Pro One. Most used Prodigy's are working fine after 2 decades, which tells me they're durable enough, and easily repaired.