[jmyeet]

The counter argument for this is emulators. An extraordinary amount of effort is made by people, largely for free, to play otherwise dead games from dead platforms.

Reskins of games with flashier graphics has some demand but game studios largely don’t do this. New content is created for the annual CoD game rather than simply reskinning the old game, remasters notwithstanding.

[Gigachad]

The base concept of CoD is the same each time though. If you liked the last one, you'll likely like the next one. It's predictable which means you can pour a lot more money in to it since you know there is a customer base for it.