I believe we are capable of making that decision for ourselves.

Let me follow your train of thought for a moment. First you are 'perplexed' and then you come up with conclusions. Based on being perplexed - having no idea. Sounds like good grounds for making decisions in other people's lives and wallets.

Anyway, the reason is, he paid money for the prototypes. Prototypes lose most of their value after they are dumped. This is a documented fact. Some people, like me, like to release stuff for free. Some don't. Calling someone greedy because they don't give you money for free is cheeky. So is belittling them by saying things like: "collectors". 

Anyway, please try to stay on topic. If you would like to discuss this issue further, you can create a separate topic for it, I welcome you to.