Original Resident Evil to be released remastered and in full HD

It has been announced that the original Resident Evil is to be released, fully remastered and in full HD across all consoles and PC. But I cant think of any good reason why though. Games have moved forward since the original, or is it a case of Capcom has run out of ideas and just relining their pockets.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-08-05-resident-evil-1-getting-remastered-re-release-on-pc-ps3-ps4-xbox-360-and-xbox-one

Where there is a sack of zombified meat, there will be Capcom squeezing out the mula.

Are they going to remaster all of the old bad voice acting with new bad voice acting in 7.1 surround?

Resident Evil was pretty ground breaking for its time. It was one of the first really good 3D shooters. It'd be nice to help bring new players into the franchise, but I agree that its a bit odd to remaster such an old game. I played it on my DS years ago, for nostalgia's sake. It'd be awesome if they could make a new Resident Evil without removing the puzzles and turning it into just a mediocre shooter.