History Main / DenialOfDigitalDistribution

** Surprisingly in 2022, Shout Factory, under its Tokushoutsu label was able to show the series with Daigo intact with only the opening being changed. Funny enough, the ad that was shown on Website/YouTube does not include Daigo even though Dyna and Gaia host were shown indicating Shout Factory were walking a tightrope on what they're allowed to show.

* ''VideoGame/RepublicTheRevolution''. After its original publisher Creator/{{Eidos}} folded, the IP went to Creator/{{Rebellion}}, who ''did'' put it on Website/GogDotCom in 2009 -- but then pulled it again in 2011 and have effectively denied any sort of digital distribution of the game ever since.

* Seasons 8-11 and 13-15 of "WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' haven't had any sort of digital release in the United States.

* Seasons 8-11 and 13-15 of ''WesternAnimation/Thomas&Friends'' haven't had any sort of digital release in the United States.

* Seasons 8-11 and 13-15 of "WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends" haven't had any sort of digital release in the United States.

* Seasons 8-11 and 13-15 of [[WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends "Thomas & Friends"]] haven't had any sort of digital release in the United States.

* Seasons 8-11 and 13-15 of WesternAnimation/Thomas&Friends haven't had any sort of digital release in the United States.

* Seasons 8-11 and 13-15 of [[WesternAnimation/Thomas&Friends]] haven't had any sort of digital release in the United States.

* Seasons 8-11 and 13-15 of "WesternAnimation/Thomas&Friends" haven't had any sort of digital release in the United States.

** Both entries of the ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresInMusicDuology'' remain unavailable on Disney+, with both having last been seen on DVD on the out-of-print Walt Disney Treasures Collection set ''Rarities'' and the Virtual Vault section on the 2010 Blu-Ray release of ''WesternAnimation/Fantasia2000'', and is unknown if both entries will appear there. It also does not help that both shorts [[ValuesDissonance contain more racial caricatures]] such as blackfaces, Asian, and "Injuns" stereotypes than most of Disney's classic shorts and also does not help that neither one have yet to be restored into 4K at all.

** Both entries of the ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresInMusicDuology'' remain unavailable on Disney+, with both having last been seen on DVD on the out-of-print Walt Disney Treasures Collection set ''Rarities'' and the Virtual Vault section on the 2010 Blu-Ray release of ''WesternAnimation/Fantasia2000'', and is unknown if both entries will appear there.

* UsefulNotes/{{Evercade}} games are only available as physical cartridges, or pre-installed titles in the case of the Creator/{{Capcom}} games on the Evercade EXP; this is meant to be a throwback to the cartridge format used for 16-bit consoles and older. You might be able to find many of the games ported to Evercade as digital purchase-and-download, but only for other platforms, not for Evercade.

* ''Franchise/TouhouProject'': Its creator ZUN allowed a lot of fan works, but his guidelines specifically prohibited sale of fan works via sites primarily oriented for overseas customers (this includes stuff like iTunes and the App Store). Many creators didn't even use Japan-only download sites. This started to change in the late 2010s: After ''VideoGame/TouhouTenkuushouHiddenStarInFourSeasons'' was released on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} in late 2017, ZUN also started allowing ''Touhou'' fan games to use Steam as long as they follow his not-that-strict guidelines. About a year later, a label that publishes Music/TouhouFanMusic on iTunes and Google Play Music appeared. Their releases are available internationally, though they're delayed, streaming only became available in 2021, ''many'' circles are still absent, and most of the ones who are there haven't made their full discographies available.

* Despite critical and commercial success, Music/VanHalen's 2012 reunion album ''A Different Kind Of Truth'' disappeared from streaming services in 2022. This was in part because the contract for streaming expired, but Wolfgang Van Halen, who played bass on the album, basically spelled out that vocalist David Lee Roth didn't like the album and wasn't cooperating on bringing it back. Performances of three of the album's songs remained available to stream as part of the LiveAlbum ''Tokyo Dome Live in Concert''.

* The entire ''VideoGame/{{Bookworm}} [[VideoGame/BookwormAdventures series]]'' was inexplicably de-listed from all digital stores in 2016, and was outright scrubbed from [=PopCap=]'s site during this time. As a result, the only way to play the original game is its own rare physical release or console ports, the only way to play Adventures is to own its even rarer physical release, and the only way to play Adventures Volume 2 is to own the Wordy Wonder Bundle, an ''excessively'' rare physical release that comes bundled with it and the other two aforementioned games, and regularly runs at least 30 USD secondhand.
* ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'' is one of the few of Creator/SquareEnix's games for the UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable that wasn't made available digitally following its physical release. No one knows why for sure, but fandom speculation points to one of the game's characters actually using the likeness of Japanese singer Creator/{{Gackt}} and suggested that whatever contract he and Square Enix made during the game's production doesn't allow for a digital release. Whatever the reason, it isn't applicable to the 2022 ''Reunion'' [[VideoGameRemake remake]], which is available on the digital storefront UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and the storefronts of all the consoles the game released on.

* The ''VideoGame/NintendoLabo'' kits and ''VideoGame/RingFitAdventure'' are among the few UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch games that cannot be downloaded on the eShop. This is because the games come with physical peripherals (cardboard accessories for the former, the Ring-Con and Leg Strap for the latter), so [[JustifiedTrope getting digital versions of those games without the peripherals would be incomplete experiences]]. Similarly, this means that either game that supported the VideoGame/RoboticOperatingBuddy will never see any kind of digital rerelease.

* The UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 port of ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyoTetris'' was initially only available as a physical disc, not receiving a digital release until 2019 due to issues caused by an exclusivity license granted to Creator/{{Ubisoft}} for ''Tetris Ultimate''[[note]]this restriction did not apply to the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch version since ''Ultimate'' was never released on that platform[[/note]]. When ''Tetris Ultimate'' was delisted, a digital version of ''Puyo Puyo Tetris'' almost immediately followed.

* ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'' is one of the few of Creator/SquareEnix's games for the UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable that wasn't made available digitally following its physical release. No one knows why for sure, but fandom speculation points to one of the game's characters actually using the likeness of Japanese singer Creator/{{Gackt}} and suggested that whatever contract he and Square Enix made during the game's production doesn't allow for a digital release. Whatever the reason, it isn't applicable to the 2022 ''Reunion'' [[VideoGameRemake remake]], which will be available on the digital storefront UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and the storefronts of all the consoles the game is releasing on.

* Outsider musician Music/{{Jandek}} has exclusively made his music available via mail order or, in recent years, his online storefront and has never released it onto streaming services or digital storefronts. Only his song "They Told Me I Was A Fool" is available digitally or on streaming, as part of the OutsiderMusic compilation ''Songs In The Key Of Z''.

* Outsider musician Music/{{Jandek}} has exclusively made his music available via mail order or, in recent years, his online storefront and has never released it onto streaming services or digital storefronts. Only his song "They Told Me I Was A Fool" is available digitally or on streaming, as part of the OutsiderMusic compilation ''Songs In The Key Of Z'''.

* Outsider musician Music/{{Jandek}} has exclusively made his music available via mail order or, in recent years, his online storefront and has never released it onto streaming services or digital storefronts.

* This was the longest practice from Creator/StudioGhibli, which refused to put out their movies on streaming services. Though that changed in 2020 with Creator/HBOMax and Creator/{{Netflix}} gaining rights to distribute them, as Ghibli needed the money to fund the production of ''How Do You Live?''

** For a while, large chunks of the classic series were not available on streaming platforms. The revival series and many more acclaimed classic-era serials were up, but the majority of them were relegated to DVD-only status. This eventually changed with the advent of Britbox, which features every surviving episode of the classic series available to watch.

* Most of the Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein movies disappeared from digital retailers in 2023, as did Creator/DisneyPlus's uploads of ''Film/TheSoundOfMusic'' (one of the service's launch titles) and ''Film/{{Oklahoma}}''. ''Music'' did return to Disney+ in December 2023, while ''Oklahoma!'' was released onto [=YouTube=] and Amazon Prime Video due to Disney's distribution rights having expired and Samuel Goldwyn Films taking them over.

* Most of the Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein movies disappeared from digital retailers in 2023, as did Creator/DisneyPlus's uploads of ''Film/TheSoundOfMusic'' (one of the service's launch titles) and ''Film/{{Oklahoma}}''.

* For some reason, the streaming release of ''The Worst of the Brent Lee Band'' is missing Track 4: "The Water Song". The iTunes store used to have an extra release of the album that ''does'' include the song, but it was removed in late 2023.