There is another side to this besides giving people what they want, or just releasing ports for a quick profit ... Projects like this are good opportunities to create (or build a relationship with) new development teams.
While the execution of this game has to be excellent, the fact that you're re-creating and enhancing an existing experience simplifies a lot of the decision making on the project; and (as a result) the efforts of management can be more focused on building and improving their team.