So with the STEAM weekend deal on Fallout 3, i kinda splurged on the game of the year edition since it was 25$.   But i already own the retail game but i never bought the DLC.   Also did the same for Oblivion since it's 9$, but i already own the retail game.   Do you guys find yourself buying a game you already own, again with just a few extras?  

I have my day one copy of Fallout 3 on my xbox 360 and then I bought the GOTY edition a couple months ago. I also have the game on the PC.

I own 5 copies of DOOM so I guess I don't have a problem with it.

hmm, i already bought Fallout 3 for the PC around launch, but it's now gone missing, if i got it off steam would i still be able to earn achievement and used my old saves?

" Never. I'm not a fucking idiot. "

I already had Oblivion on the PS3, but bought the PC version on steam to get all the stuff that the PS3 version was lacking.
 
I also have two copies of Borderlands on PC and PS3 for no particular reason.

4 copies of Fable; TLC on PC and xbox, normal version on xbox and downloaded copy onto 360. I have no reason to explain this. 
 
 And thats just one example...

okay i just read the PC games on Steam thing by killjoi, i owe him my thanks

multiple games i bought 
 
mass effect 2 steam special edition three times 
dragon age  steam special edition twice 
splinter cell 3  steam special edition twice  
battlefield BC2 3 limited edition three times 
the settlers 7 special edition twice
cod mw2 3 times 
just cause 2 twice 
GTA LCS twice 
borderlands 4 times  

all for my friends and my brother. 

I never buy the same game twice, I just don't have the money to be buying multiple versions of the same game. My only exception is Portal which I originally got on The Orange Box, later bought one copy for my friend, kind of bought again as Portal: Still Alive because I really wanted to experience the extra content and got again for the PC recently because it was going free. Oh and I did originally get TF2 as part of The Orange Box but later bought the standalone version for PC because with all the updates the PC version had so much more content and it became obvious Valve weren't going to bring that stuff to the 360.

I've bought a lot of old games on the virtual console and XBLA that I have actual physical copies of, but who wants to plug up their old dusty consoles every time they have a nostalgia urge?

" Never. I'm not a fucking idiot. "

I have like 3 copies of Duke Nukem 3D. Not for the extras, though. Just 'cause it's that good.
 
To stay mildly on topic, my first copy of Fallout 3 was the GOTY and that's all I've ever needed.

" @AlwaysAngry said:

" Never. I'm not a fucking idiot. "

it would cost less to buy FO3 GOTY on steam for 25 then just buying the DLC for your original game, so you're an idiot if you don't (and want the DLC, that is) "

" So with the STEAM weekend deal on Fallout 3, i kinda splurged on the game of the year edition since it was 25$.   But i already own the retail game but i never bought the DLC.   Also did the same for Oblivion since it's 9$, but i already own the retail game.   Do you guys find yourself buying a game you already own, again with just a few extras?   "

The only times I've bought duplicates was when I bought the second with the intention of giving it to a friend.  You want to talk about excessive?  I once saw a picture of some crazy Japanese guy's haul of what I recall being six copies each of the PS3 and 360 editions of No More Heroes:  Paradise.

I've bought a lot of old games on the virtual console and XBLA that I have actual physical copies of, but who wants to plug up their old dusty consoles every time they have a nostalgia urge?

There was a stage where I somehow ended up with 4 copies of Cod4. 
I do have Fallout 3 for PS3 and 360 alright. I got it and finished everything on 360 then saw the special edition for stupid cheap for PS3

The only time I will buy another copy of the same game is if the original gets damaged.

Only if it's insanely cheap or I've lost the original (or can't be bothered to root it out). Asides from digital distribution, I've bought one or two duplicates of rare games, because I like rare shit. Case in point - I bought a copy of Dawn of Sorrow off eBay, and soon after bought another copy for the hell of it.

All the time. mostly because my (always) dusty consoles end up ruining my discs somehow after a long time.

I've 2 copies of Dragon age, MW2, Borderlands I'm sure there's more but my collection is obscured by items and I cant be bothered checking!

Yes, especially with GTA games..... I don't wanna talk about it

" I own 5 copies of DOOM so I guess I don't have a problem with it. "

" Never. I'm not a fucking idiot. "

I've bought the first Splinter Cell and Alien Hominid twice, each copy being on a different console. I also bought Gunstar Heroes for my ps3, and 360, and I may end up getting the virtual console version too because of how Digital Eclipse fucked up the co-op mode on the live/psn version.

" @warxsnake: I think the OP was talking about buying multiple copies of a game and keeping them. Not giving them out as gifts. "

My brother bought Halo 1 for the xbox when he moved I bought Halo for the PC.
Now for some reason I seem to have both copies in my possession.
Other than that never.

I have the orange box for xbox (when my  pc broke) and then when i built my new computer (being a PC snob) i couldnt bear the thought of owning it on console and not pc so i bought it again for PC.  Then i noticed on XBLM there was something called portal "still alive" which i thought was additional content but it was just portal.  So essentially i bought portal 3 times.   Then they released it   FOR FREE.   FREE.  DAMMIT.... FREE.

nothing extra, but i did buy deus ex even though i got it for free from a magazine. and if they came out with a substance-esque version of mgs4 i'd probably buy that.

Own Call of Duty 4 on Xbox 360 and PC, Oblivion and Fallout 3 on all 3 consoles.

I have two copies of dirt2 cus I got it when it came out and then later that year there was a codemasters pack that included and grid,dirt,fuel etc all for less than I got dirt2 for at first, same thing happened with COH I got the COH pack on steam when it was cheap and then a while later Impluse had a crazy pack of THQ games including red faction guerilla, selling for less than the game buy it's self was selling for, it also in included the first DOW+ expansions and about 8 other games