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Gifting digital game downloads

  • 02-12-2021 10:14pm
    #1
    Scruff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,222 ✭✭✭


    My account has GPU and the kids are looking for some games off Santy. Disc based games are great cause they fit in the stocking from him and all but that means disc swapping every time the game is played, so old school.

    I believe santy has a microsoft account too.

    Can Santy get the game code from the xbox store and send it to his account's email address so it can be printed off and placed in the stockings?

    If so (and after typing it out i think so) would it be best if the games are installed under my account 1st or does that matter once the xbox is the registered home xbox on my GPU account?



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  • #2
    CatInABox
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,394 Mod ✭✭✭✭CatInABox


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058220922/gifting-digital-game-downloads

    Go on to the Xbox.com website, and instead of clicking "buy", there's a "Gift" button on the same row. You can then enter any email address that you want to send it to. Pretty sure that it sends the moment you click buy, so if it's meant to be a surprise, maybe hold off on buying until Christmas. I'm pretty sure that it's just a code that they send anyway, so you could send it to your own account and then just print it out. In fact, if your adding it to your own account, you can just get Santa to send write a letter explaining that he's added it to your account.

    As for which account you should put it on, it depends on how many Xboxs you have. If you've just got the one, then it shouldn't matter I think. If you've got two, then I'd recommend keeping it on the account that shares their account. As you're already talking about "home Xbox", I'll assume that you already know what game/home sharing is, but you can put it on your account, or on their account, and if it's set up correctly then you shouldn't have a problem.



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