Barry Oursler told me a number of times that he designed Harley Davidson on the proviso that it was going to be a cheaper game to sell, and was pissed when that turned out not to be the case (since Williams design staff bonuses were based on units shifted). Management must have looked at how distributors handled Silver Slugger and thought 'well sod it, they're going to mark the game up to normal price anyway so we might as well pocket the difference ourselves'.