They wanted to make money. End of explanation. They have such a following of people that will buy whatever crap product they put out that they'll get tons of money regardless
The pencil (stylus) was made for more business and production needs. Many job and engineers can make good use of it. Just like the surface pro was created for productivity, apple teamed up with Microsoft for this. With the pencil it will allow architects, artist and desingers to make better and more precise models or projects, doctor will be able to make use of it too. (I work behind the scenes of all these things (dont ask) just thought of dropping this bit of info here.)
Yes it does