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The main reason that 35mm-format lenses remain as part of the Sony system is that when they bought KM, they could just slap a new badge on them and sell them. No re-engineering necessary, instant profit. They will again become important with the (assumed) release of a FF Sony DSLR, but until then they serve no practical benefit in the current system.
You cannot consider the Maxxum/Dynax film cameras as part of the current system in the same way you can consider the Nikon and Canon film bodies to be part of their respective systems. Sony killed off production of the KM film cameras, while Nikon continues to produce 2 film bodies (F6 and FM10) and Canon still produces 4 film bodies (EOS 1V HS, Elan 7NE, Rebel K2, Rebel T2).
Crop sensors are there for a reason - so you can buy an excellent DSLR for $500 instead of $3,000. The lenses are designed to perform better on those sensors. You can use FF lenses, on them, but you lose either zoom range or max aperture. Horses for courses, as they say.
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