Why digital content is better than physical content?

[famousringo]

Adinnieken said:

Mohasus said:

famousringo said:
Digital media is never out of stock or out of print. You don't have hope that a new shipment will come in some day or visit another location, and you don't have to pay exorbitant prices because demand outstrips supply

Not true. The seller buys a number of keys, I've seen a few cases on amazon and steam where they sold all the keys and had to stop the sale or wait for another bunch. Also, when licenses expire, you can't buy the game anymore (e.g. Outrun on XBLA/PSN, Blur on Steam).

For clarification, I think you mean distribution rights.

Licenses can never expire unless you don't own the game/license, for example if you rent or lease.

He might mean licenses. This is one of the exceptions that proves the rule. For example, one publisher had timed rights to sell Fighting Fantasy gamebook apps on mobile. It lapsed, and they had to pull their apps so the next licensed developer could sell their Fighting Fantasy gamebooks. Some games with licensed music may have term limits, so once the limit on the music is up, you can't sell the game anymore, which I believe is why the Rock Band stores had to close recently.

It happens. It's not a problem that disc games have because they've usually long since stopped printing new discs for those (see triple digit prices for Metroid Prime Trilogy and Xenoblade). Expired licenses tends to be less of a problem for print, music and video media.