Quite possibly Canon realised they had a surplus of 1Dxiii sensors and knew that sales of that camera would decline, so putting a modified version in the original R6 was a sound economic move. It paid off, because the R6, despite its relatively lowly MP count, has proved to be a very popular camera. But they knew all along that they'd eventually need at least 24MP to remain competitive against Sony and Nikon, so a 24MP sensor is inevitable at this point. And of course you are correct that while the 24MP sensor will probably have some advantages over the 20MP sensor, 99% of enthusiasts won't be able to detect any difference.
Price-wise, I expect the R6ii to launch at the same price as the R6, and to see the price of the latter drop quite rapidly. I don't know whether your guesstimate of a $1000-2000 increase for a stacked BSI sensor is accurate, but there are factors other than pure cost, that would influence people deciding between R6ii and R3 - e.g. many people simply don't want the bulk and weight of an integral vertical grip.
I agree it makes sense. Truthfully, the 1DX sensor is very good even today and people have made many "cover of nat geo" images with it. It also makes sense that they would continue to use those sensors until they ran out supply and ramped up production on the "true" R6.
I'm kind of basing that on the cost for a sensor repair on an R3, but I don't think there's any way that we can get the actual cost. Unless they intend on marketing the mk2 as a sports and action focused camera with that sensor, it doesn't make sense to have the much more expensive sensor since the target market for that camera is portrait photographers who don't care much about rolling shutter anyway. Without the R3 getting an upgrade either I don't see them stepping on it's sales with an R6 that performs even a little like an R3.
I expect the body to be the same (dial, no second screen), a very similar sensor with a slightly tighter PPI making 24MP (with commensurately slightly less low light performance), and unlimited 4k60 clog3 video for a couple hundred dollar premium.
The biggest indicator to me is the firmware that came out for both the R5 and R6, the R6 was specifically missing the video recording change that the R5 got... Because it was being saved for the mk2.
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