Some games may never (for human-scale values of "never") be sold again, or only with unacceptable alterations, usually for licensing reasons. Goldeneye's[1] a b

Some games may never (for human-scale values of "never") be sold again, or only with unacceptable alterations, usually for licensing reasons. Goldeneye's[1] a big example of the former (Bond licensing), Crazy Taxi of the latter (music licensing—IIRC the only console release of it with the original music is on the Dreamcast, and it's unlikely that'll ever happen again). Similar things happen with older TV, too, especially with music licensing. Failure to license for online/dvd distribution was common until pretty recently—I think Skins (UK) has that problem, for example. Only way to watch it as it originally aired is piracy. [1] There was a "remake" released but it was an entirely different game. Basically a bad Call of Duty clone. Nothing at all like the original, and nothing like the excellent HD re-release of its successor Perfect Dark on the Xbox360.