Why do companies not make repros?

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I get that they want to focus on the new generation but I was recently looking at the silent hill prices and it almost seems like a no brainer to me, especially in the case of rare games. I have seen that there are third party reproduction games but some of them require you to hack your console which at that point you might as well emulate it. I think that especially with disc based games, we may see some games become more and more rare as they're a lot less durable format than cartridges. While sure it may take away the collectability factor for some, I personally wouldn't care if my now $100 copy of silent hill 4 plummeted to $30 or was less rare. I feel like this wouldn't be much of the problem if some companies weren't so bad about porting. Like great the only way I can play silent hill 2 now is by shelling out $120 or playing a ****ty port or waiting for a complete overhaul of the game. Hell, ports aside, people like myself still have a thing for playing it on the original console. Would playing it on a repro ruin the authenticity of that experience? I'm not for certain but I believe it should at least be an option

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