You can no longer buy this game on Steam or Origin. Remaster has been announced with release date November 6th 2020.
Topic on Talk:Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
You can still buy the original game on Origin, but not on Steam. It just doesn't show up in the search for Origin.
I tried to buy it on Origin through my wishlist, it gave me an error. On the store page for the game there was no Purchase-button.
Huh, yesterday there was a buy button, and it looks like I can still buy it for my friends. I'll make it unavailable now in the page.