Mainly because I couldn't care less what Ruger thinks. Some have expressed that they do, I don't.Great idea. Why don't you or the many other members who have ventured their opinions do just that?
Frankly, I haven't felt a great need to hear their opinion after thousands of for sale ads confirming the consensus of supply, demand and prices factually paid in auctions. If we just cut to the chase, "because that's what people want to and do pay for them" is the simple answer. More detailed reasons vary individually, mine was "I wanted one", which obviously is the natural reason for any purchase without a particular obligation to explain it any further.