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I definitely bought my Z6 directly with its video capability in mind, as well as a stills replacement for my D600. Personally I love the quality of the video you get from the Z6 and have found it a joy to work with. Eric mentioned unit cost and that is it for me, the Z6 gives me a really nice balance of a capable still camera and capable video camera - using a cage on it I can indeed make it look like a christmas tree but the results I've gotten from it are excellent - especially after moving to the S series primes.
The latest updates on firmware are good in my opinion, Pro Res RAW is cool and the price seems fair but you'd need an external recorder such as the ATOMOS Ninja V ( £700-800) just to use it too. Personally although I might go down that route in the future, currently shooting in 4K is giving me a pretty good result out of the camera so I'll stick with that for now.
But I guess my use case isn't standard. I've shot probably 20 or so hours of video since getting it and have taken 6000-7000 photos since getting it in August so I think I'm getting quite a balanced use out of it. If anyone's curious I'm using it for a new tech reviewing channel I've started on YouTube - Hamer Reviews.
Interestingly I've seen more and more tourists wandering around London with Z50's so there's clearly some appeal somewhere.