Quoted from Psw757:

It wasn’t the distros saying a large number were going overseas. If I’m not mistaken Joe K said it was part of the licensing agreement during one of the podcasts.
What incentive would they have to retool the line 6-8 months from now and make another 964 if the first 1000 aren’t selling?
If your right maybe these will be more rare than originally intended.
Maybe the high asking price was a built-in insurance to mitigate risk?
Nobody knows except Stern and Kapow. Lots of speculation and zero facts.

Quoted from Psw757:The owner of the gold posted it in one of the 6 Beatles threads and the platinum the owner posted about as well because the price police were ragging on him.

Quoted from Psw757:

I said on day one that i felt $6500 was the sweet spot for the gold edition. I wish it was but unfortunately it isn’t. I accept this game at this price over many many other games of equal price. I guess I’m an idiot.
I’m not cheerleading the high price,just really happy with the game and am enjoying it. In fact I’m enjoying it more than my potc, it’s just pure simple old school fun and there isn’t anything wrong with that.

Quoted from CrazyLevi:

You underestimate the stubborn nature of modern monied pin collectors.
They aren’t going to sell an $8000 game got $6000. They just won’t do it. Would rather burn the games.

Quoted from jgentry:

Nonsense, people do this all the time with all kinds of things. I'd be rich if I got a dollar everytime someone said they'd sell something for x but not any less as it's not hurting anything and theres no need to loose money on it. Many people are not desperate for pin space or pin money. Not everyone buys every release and has to keep selling them quickly to feed their obsession.