Quoted from Atomicboy:

One other thing you people should be careful of before you start "virtually" pre-agreeing to these thoughts:
Companies clearly read Pinside, and are HEAVILY influenced by these threads. "I would sigh up for that" "if that came out, I would pre-order it asap" "here, take my money". These comments are what the boutique market reacted to, and threads on TWD and TBL lead directly to these being made.
The more you do these threads, and everyone jumps on board, the more you keep new games from coming out. The fact is that in the end, many that say "I would I would", won't, and although it would likely sell some units, is a LOTR rerun really needed? No. There are many, and they are not hard to find if you want one.
Stern doing a rerun keeps other new games from coming out. How many games are not being made now because of MMR, IMr(?), and BJM? Although I'm not a fan of the home run ratio of games they crank out, I would still rather see them make new games the start thinking they can cruise along rerunning old ones - and you can bet that if Gary thinks he can cruise through another year of just recycling old titles such as LOTR, Tron, and whatever else, he will. Marked up prices for games completely designed, plus cut backs to boot (hardware changes since original runs) - "hell yeah"!
It's getting to be a dangerous time where manufacturers are trying to find ways for THEM to profit off the values of machines hobbyists have built up and maintained through selling amongst themselves, and keeping the money amongst themselves.
Be careful what you ask for.