The mc7000 is missing usb stand alone functionality and the displays to help that function.
If all you’re after though, is just midi control, not stand alone, then the mc7000 is probably the best large format midi controller around. It’s also questionable whether midi controller releases are slowing down nowadays. A few years ago, there seemed to be a few new ones every month but recently, not so much. They’re getting rarer
If I were in the position of being about to buy a plain and simple midi controller with some nice DJ functions, I’d look at the 7000.