timppu: Depends what those special editions make them special. I only want the version which has all the relevant gaming content (maybe éven exclusing multiplayer, I am not likely to play any game that is not called Team Fortress 2 online at this point), I am not interested in the "better" versions if the extra they contain is only fluff like a separate soundtrack, making-of videos, comic books etc. As long as all the gaming content/DLCs are there, I am fine.

Hence, the only thing that annoys me about the various editions is that I have to find out which exactly is the edition that contains all the gaming content... and nothing more. E.g. with Pillars of Eternity and various other games. I want buying games to be as effortless as possible, I don't like having to do detective work beforehand to learn what the differences are between the different editions (like PoE having three or four different editions, blech...).

clarry: One thing that really really bothers me is that these days you have to buy the soundtrack separately or get one of these milk editions for it.

With the older GOG releases where soundtracks are often included by default, it's a good reason to buy a game that I might not like so much. At least I might like the soundtrack. Take that out, and I have much less reason to buy a game. And somehow I do not feel like buying separate soundtracks for games I do not own; it would feel a bit like buying an expansion that builds on the story of the base game, without ever owning the base game. So I don't. That's ultimately a loss for me and loss for whoever was trying to make monies.