I think the price might be right from GC’s PoV. A number of people in this forum have said things like “Oh, I’m still using X1 [or X2, or X3, or whatever] and I so much regret that I didn’t upgrade to Platinum when it was still possible.” With GC still having a couple of boxes in stock, some users might just think that this is their last chance to upgrade to the last version of something they already know. And probably quite rightly so. Prices are all about supply and demand I wouldn’t be surprised if the demand in this case was larger than the supply.
But I’m quite sure it doesn’t mean anything more than that. If there were to be a happy ending to the Sonar Saga, I’m sure we wouldn’t be hearing about it through Guitar Center.