The future of abandonware (Score 0)

Old games that people still want to play but companies no longer sell and support often end up being traded as abandonware, often requiring emulators to avoid compatibility issues.
By giving or selling the license to smaller independent "bargain" developers, the game can be kept alive and updated to run on new computers.
Of course, updating the game's graphics and gameplay in "revivals" like these would be possible as well.