Re: Video Games
Reply #8 –
They change the installer, add new filler content like soundtracks or wallpapers, wrap the game into an emulation layer or add improved resolution mods.
Is it necessarily new content? I own several games of which the soundtrack comes in audio CD form--as in, it's part CD-ROM, part audio CD. That means you could always play it with your CD player, and for an Internet release I'd argue it'd decrease the value of the package if it didn't come with rips of such soundtracks. It was also not unusual for games to come with wallpapers or images suitable for wallpaper use, albeit probably in 1024*768 and not in 1900*1200.
As a result, the release no longer allows to travel back the memory lane; because the new product is incompatible with old computers where the game was originally played on, and is a kind of distorted image of the real thing, mixing old and new.
But what about people who haven't experienced it yet?

Btw, in this case the Monkey Island updates might be a terrific example: you can seamlessly switch between old and new at any time.