How do you purchase digital games to give as gifts ?

Samurai2k · Nov 25, 2015

For example, I want to purchase Borderlands, which is backwards compatible, and give it as a gift to someone. What is the process to accomplish this ? In other words I want to make a gift purchase of a digital game.

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XBF Aaron G · Nov 25, 2015

Sharing a game between two accounts

Keep in mind you can also buy a game as a gift using the gift card and send it to the other account here's how to do that

Purchase as a gift.

Have a good day!

XBF Aaron G · Nov 25, 2015

xbox giftcards

Jeff,

How are you my friend? Sorry about the mix up. Unfortunately you cannot move Microsoft balances from one account to another, but you can definatly purchase games as gifts to send to another account. Here is a link to explain how to do that.

Help with gifting digital gifts.

ngocphi · Nov 25, 2015

You go to your friendly meighborhood etailer or Amazon and buy an compatible currency or game code keep in mind some codes are region specific so it's best to match it with his account region and have them email it to him

IRB · Nov 1, 2018

You can also buy Digital Gift Cards is various countries, check this link:

commerce.microsoft.com/gifting

IRB

You can also buy Digital Gift Cards is various countries, check this link:

commerce.microsoft.com/gifting

ngocphi

You go to your friendly meighborhood etailer or Amazon and buy an compatible currency or game code keep in mind some codes are region specific so it's best to match it with his account region and have them email it to him

XBF Steven R

Hey there cmah!

Sorry to hear that you've found yourself in this situation.

What Smwutches had posted is entirely true but you may be able to get your second child his extra content by selecting the option "Buy as gift" when looking through the store for what you want to get them. When you do, it should let you purchase the content
and either send it to another accounts gamertag or to their email. For more information how that works, feel free to check out our pages on the subject entitled

Buying digital games on Xbox One FAQ and
Help with giving digital games as gifts.

If and when you get a chance, give that a try and let us know how that helped.

Thanks for reading !

WPAK

Hi there,

gifting is only possible within the same region.

So you are not able to gift something to somebody from a different region/country (This is also mentioned when you are purchasing the gift)

The only thing you can do is contact Xbox Support and arrange a refund for the item you tried to give to your friend in Colombia.

For more information regarding gifting see this support page:
https://support.xbox.com/games/purchasing/help-for-issues-when-gifting-digital-xbox-game

CarTzy

Hello,

Welcome to the Xbox Community Forum. Thank you for sharing your concern with us today and we hope that all is well.

To send game as digital gift, check the product page. Digital products that can be sent as a gift include the Buy as gift option.

Of check this article: how do you gift fifa 23 to a friend - Answer HQ (ea.com)

How to Buy a Digital Game as a Gift This Holiday - Xbox Wire

Help with giving digital games as gifts

Help with giving digital games as gifts | Xbox Support

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How do you purchase digital games to give as gifts ?