I hope you are wrong and sufficient stocks are acquired shortly, the carrier that got a month exclusivity in the UK (O2) is selling these as pay as you go for £399 (approx $640) for a 8GB version, and that will be locked to O2.
I hope so too, for the sake of all those who weren't able to get one. I just don't really see how the puzzle pieces fit otherwise. While I understand that Google isn't as versed in hardware as many others, I can't believe that they are so incredibly inept that that radically underestimated how much stock they could procure and overestimated their ability to handle the web traffic for sales.
I do think the phones will continue to sell through Google Play, but in small batches, just enough to drive demand. People will either persist until they get one, or - more likely - say "screw it" and get a contract phone.
I hope I'm wrong, though. This is much, much more of a game changer if it is readily available off-contract.
Edit: to -> too.
