Do you repurchase games you already own in physical (disc) format on GoG in order to have them in the digital format if the originals don't have online DRM for example to save physical space (even multiple backup copies on different portable HDDs can save a significant amount of physical space, when compared to boxes with DVDs, CDs, floppy disks, etcetera)?

I do, as soon as the price drops low enough. To paraphrase Guybrush Threepwood, I'll never pay more than $2 for a game I already own.

I do it all the time, but not so much for room, more for convenience. A lot of the games here come ready tweeked so I don't have to go dig up all the patches and compatibility settings like I do when I use the disc. Also, I don't need the disc! :D The DRM aspect of needing the disc doesn't really bother me but it's just nicer to be able to click on the icon and play rather that go to my shelf, find the damn thing, put it in the ROM, wait for the PC to read it, and then click on the icon.

Yes I realize older generations may read this and call me a worthless lush. So be it. :P

Pretty much exactly the same is true for me. Define 'older generations'. :-)

I do this more for the convenience of accessing a digital copy rather than physical space limitations. I like my library of boxed copies of games.

Anyone born before 1960.

It's pretty rare that I buy a game I already own on the same platform. I bought Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis on Steam and I own it on Amiga diskettes. I bought some games for Android that I own on PC. The closest I can think of is entering and winning Neverwinter Nights here. I own the original plus expansions but never played the expansions, and I figured that owning it on digital might help. I do want to play it, but have so many other games that I never played and want to that I don't know when I'll get to it.

That's not old, that's ancient. ;-)

I do, just because physical media wears out, and so do physical media players.

If the price is right, I even buy games that I have on steam to have them on GOG. I'm slowly migrating away from Steam, as I'll occasionally have spotty internet and I don't want to have to care at all about offline modes or any of that. When I started gaming, it was *all* offline unless you were playing multiplayer, and I'd prefer to keep it that way as long as I can.

It would have to be something that is generally difficult to get working right on a modern computer. System Shock 2 is an example.

I do for some games. especially the ones that aren't so easy to get to work on modern systems. I own almost all of the Legacy of Kain games on Disc but prefer the GOG version since they're updated to work with modern operating systems.

I Also buy rebuy some of them out of pure nostalgia and collection's sake.

Interesting answers so far. It does seem that for those who do repurchase these games, convenience is more important than physical space. Then again, the taking up of physical space is inconvenient, so the two are related.

For myself:

DRM Free Digital > DRM Free Physical >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>&a mp;g t;>>>>>>>>>>> DRM Shackled

Consequently, I have not repurchased the games I already own on GoG thus far. I am not ruling it out in the future though. Some titles can get pretty cheap here, especially during sales, and the savings of physical space (despite making redundant backup copies) is a benefit, as is having fewer technical issues running older games that I used to play in DOS decades ago. :)

I do, in fact I go out of my way to buy every game I own a physical copy of digitally. I'm homeless and I don't typically have access to my physical stuff, so having it digitally helps a lot.

HEY!!!! That's discrimination,anyone born before 1960 :-)

One word: Outcast.
And System Shock 2. Make that three words. And one number, technically.

I'll come in again...