If anyone remembers the popularity of mod communities for games free and easy to mod like Unreal Tournament, you'll remember that many of those mods also went commercial. Proving that having people able to work openly within that dev environment and releasing new content could be even financially successful (look up Tactical Operations: Assault on Terror).
As for "classic" or "ancient" gaming, it's a known fad that in gaming circles, we all go back games that we squeezed every drop of fun out several years ago, even the ones for LAN or online play. A lot of that is nostalgia however and doesn't necessarily mean that we're into buying "new old games".
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