>>717980432
they would lose their cult fans going forward for new releases. basically, you and I wouldn't buy the new games if the old ones were officially ported.
the old games aren't exactly hard to emulate, and we even have fan servers to play online. but with an official port, the playerbase would be several times larger, simply because of exposure and the rock bottom requirement for entry compared to emulation. it would be something like, the steam sales of Dark Souls, where the multiplayer used to always explode with activity when the game went on discount, and Dark Souls veteran utubers would make a ton more videos of invasions, further exposing the game to new potential players.

with a bustling multiplayer on the best games in the series, why would YOU ever play the new games? you wouldn't. and people with some taste like you and me, who just haven't played the old monhuns yet because of the initial friction of emulation, would likely react the same way.