Long time ago, there was a game called Ultima Online (well some shard prolly still exsist :P ).
Origin Soft. made a 2.0 version with a totally new look - "flying camera" 2D to 3D !! zomg -
The huge restyle and bad " luck " got Richard Garriot ,Origin founder, kicked and the house dead body, sold.
But SquareEnix its a big name and the videogame market its by far bigger than the 90'... cannot happen again!! :P