I would pay full price for Fallout 3, New Vegas, Oblivion if they would simply fix the bugs and re-release them to run properly on modern systems. (And I’m one penny pinching MF)
I would guess they don’t do this because they’re worried the community will freak out about the update breaking mod compatibility but they already kinda did this with Skyrim when they released the Enhanced edition or whatever they called it.
There has to be money on the table here for them. If modders can fix their games without access to the source code then it couldn’t be that labor intensive to hire someone to go through the code and fix it right?
I just don’t get it. Are they maybe worried the old games will cannibalize the audience for their new games or something?
I shouldn’t have to beg these assholes to be greedy. This is America god dammit. 
“if you need mods to make the game fun or to make it workable, it’s not a game worth playing” has been my motto for a while now. i pretty much steer clear of any and all bethesda games.