I can't buy game as a gift on my Xbox

my son has an xbox & i was trying to buy him VC in NBA2K23- i bought a gift card & activated it to my acct instead if his- i know i can't transfer the $, but can i buy VC as a gift for him & it will load to his account? thank you !!!

Unfortunately per https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/subscriptions-billing/buy-games-apps/gifting-digital-xbox-game-help in game currency (such as VC) is not able to be gifted.

How do i buy it it says that i can't use the gift card

I mean i can use it but not buy Xbox 360 games

Do I just log into my Xbox 360 and then what

Not any of the game passes. Planning on buying minecraft and its such a hassle for me to process a card so im using online shops to buy gift cards and we dont have gift cards for my region so im buying US xbox gift cards to buy minecraft. I already got 5 usd in my account, I'm asking because I don't wanna buy the app if I can't use it when I revert my region. Thanks for the response

Hi,

if you can't see the "buy as gift" option it means that the game might be one that can’t be digitally gifted (or maybe it can't be digitally gifted at the moment).

https://support.xbox.com/en-US/games/purchasing/help-for-issues-when-gifting-digital-xbox-game

So I can't use it to buy a gift card. That is stupid what's the point then.

I dont want a game or movie. I just want the gift card to use for in game stuff.

What a waist of my time earning points that can't be used.