Microsoft Store Expands Gifting to All Xbox One, PC Games

In November terminal yr, Microsoft decided to join the 21st century by introducing Xbox Ane gifting options to the Microsoft Store. Rather than only being able to give gift cards, select Xbox One digital games and DLC, Xbox Live Gold, and Xbox Game Pass subscriptions could too be gifted. 7 months on, and Microsoft is expanding gifting even further.

Posting on Xbox Wire, John Smith, Senior Director, Microsoft Store Product Marketing, explains that the new gift options introduced last year accept been a "huge hit." Because of that, it will now be possible to gift PC games and DLC on the Microsoft Shop. The "select Xbox One games" gifting limitation is as well being relaxed to include all Xbox 1 digital games going forrard.

Sending someone a game souvenir can be done using Windows 10, whatever Xbox One, or in a web browser. All you need is a person's electronic mail address to send them a souvenir, or if on Xbox, yous can select them by their Gamertag. The souvenir volition be sent equally a code, which can be redeemed past clicking a button. Unproblematic!

There are a few limits on gifting worth noting. You can't buy more than 2 discounted products at once, or more than ten total discounted products inside a fourteen mean solar day period. The only time this could ever be a trouble is if Microsoft runs a mega vacation sale and you want a lot of games from it while the prices are lower. You can't gift Xbox 360 and Xbox original games, pre-orders, os associated content, and gifts can but be redeemed in the same region or country they were purchased in.

The expanding gifting options are already available to use, and so go mad sending your friends and family unit new games to play this weekend.