Digital content is more convenient. I don't like swapping discs. I don't like having to get off the couch. With that said, there are laws both in the US & EU that define consumer rights over the purchase & use of intellectual property.
When you buy a copyrighted product, you have the right to use it, give it or sell it to another person. You do not have the right to reproduce it. The European Court of Justice ruled on July 2012, that these simple rules should apply for digital content, just as they do for physical content.
What this means, is that companies like Steam or Microsoft that prohibit you from selling your software licenses or try to take a cut, are currently breaking the law(in the EU at least). If the honorable judges have it their way, consumers should be able to sell digital content they own, as long as it permanently leaves their hard drives.
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