Can I gift an Xbox game from the UK to the USA?

Afraid gifting is region locked so you wouldn't be able to gift someone in another country.

Hello, did it state that game was region locked? Like it can only be brought from USA to USA or UK to UK...not USA to UK it will be region locked. Does friend live in same region??

Hi there,

Regrettably, you won't be able to gift someone a game, if they are in another country. At present, you can only gift folks from the same region - eg: UK to UK, USA to USA. My best advice, would be to send your friend some funds to cover the cost of the game,
via a service like Paypal, for instance. That's what a friend and I did, with a Destiny 2 expansion pack.

Hopefully Microsoft can work to make some changes in the future, but as there are specific licensing laws in many different countries, along with fluctuating exchange rates, it's not looking likely..

Hope this helps,

L

Hi again CrushedSpartan1,

The reason why you ran into this problem is because you can't gift a game to another region other than yours. And even though now you have a balance on your account from the gift card>>you can't spend that balance in another region neither. It has to be
used in the region you brought that gift card from and what it is set to on your Xbox.

For example, I am from the USA. If I have $20 left on my Microsoft an lets say I move to the UK. I would still have to spend my balance in USA region because the balance wont cross over if I change my region to UK.

You can reach out to Xbox support for an answer on your refund https://support.xbox.com/nl-NL/contact-us

This is an Insider feature. Please post on the appropriate forums or you can reach Insider Support at

https://forums.xbox.com/en-US/forums/6937b0de-f1dc-422c-a331-bdd036790d88_5076b182-0c50-4690-a730-cdfb8113cf77/Latest-Xbox-One-Update-Preview

Please read
https://forums.xbox.com/en-US/thread/b54966f7-0b16-457a-b8f2-765c20e2aee0





It says there:





To access digital gifting:

1. Sign in on an Xbox One console.

2. Launch the Store and navigate to the Store page for a product.

3. You’ll see a new [Buy as gift] option on the Store page if the product is eligible for digital gifting.

When purchasing a gift, the gift will be delivered to the recipient via email message containing a digital code for the item. The email will be sent immediately upon purchase. The email message will provide the gift
recipient with instructions on how to redeem the digital code.





Digital codes can only be redeemed in the country/region where they were purchased.