This seems to have been a trend for a number of years now. Cuba is heading this way as well. I guess manufacturers think this is what the consumer wants? If so, is there a group study suggesting this? Have they been flooded with requests from people saying "I would smoke cigars regularly if only they were 60rg"? I simply don't get it. To each his own I suppose, but this seems to be happening at the expense of my lancero, lonsdale and corona sizes.
It seems like I see a majority of those huge rg cigars being smoked the last several times I've been in the Outlaw, so I think it is a market trend. Unfortunately we make up the the minority among cigar smokers anymore it seems. The "aficionados" (for lack of a better term) that prefer the smaller rg coronas, lanceros, etc are a niche market, and since a larger rg doesn't require as much expertise to roll, and can probably get away with slightly lower quality tobacco,
they are probably cheap/easier to make and have a higher profit margin. As much as I would like to think that people like Pepin, Padron, etc would stick to traditions, and would only make cigars they would want to smoke themselves, they are in this business to make money too and have to try to meet what the majority demands.