https://thenextweb.com/gaming/2019/02/01/retro-consoles-video-game-sales-nostalgia/

The numbers for 2018 are coming in, and it appears the video game industry is getting along just fine. The year turned out to be an alright one for the industry, and it upends predictions that the focus on revisiting older games via remasters and nostalgic re-releases would put a crimp on things — namely, um, my own prediction.

It’s not exactly a secret that the video game industry has a passion for repackaging old games to re-sell them on new machines. It’s not new: I’m old enough to remember when it was arcade games cropping up on the Nintendo and Sega consoles. But the predilection for remasters and re-released games has spiked in the last few years as game companies have fallen on the trend with the enthusiasm of prospectors on a vein of gold — and for much the same reason. Now not only do we have video game remakes, and re-releases, we even have video game consoles being given new life.