Buy Sea of Thieves for Friend?

  • MythGS2924
    Seafarer

    Is it possible to buy a Preorder copy and gift it to a friend on Xbox?

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  • Zombie P1ague
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    Yes it actually is if they are in the same region as you are

  • Avirex Idyll
    Ship Mate
    Insider

    That depends, some retailers let you buy digital keys at their shops, those you can gift to a friend.

    Aside from that and short of gamesharing or loading your cc info on their user name, no.

  • MythGS2924
    Seafarer

    How is it done?

    After preordering for myself, I no longer have the option to purchase it.

  • Zombie P1ague
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    @mythiasis
    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.windowscentral.com/xbox-one-gifting%3Famp
    I hope this helps if not I would get on the Xbox/Microsoft website and ask them for assistance with this

  • ZenZuki
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    You could just get a xbox digital gift card for the amount of game and message them the code to redeem on there xbox and they could then go get game for themselves. 😉

  • Zombie P1ague
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    @zenzuki this will work two but only if it’s in the same region again I know I have tried. The only way I was able to gift someone a game in another country was by sending them an allowence on amazon lol. Then they had to either by the digital copy on amazon or a digital Microsoft gift card.

  • Tartansnake
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    G'day @mythiasis, unfortunately you're unable to gift pre-order games through the MS Store at the moment.

    Today’s version of gifting does not include Xbox 360 backward compatible and Xbox original games, pre-orders, “free” products, consumable DLC (e.g. virtual currency), or PC games (other than a few, select XPA titles). Gifting is not currently enabled for other categories such as PC apps, movies & TV or eBooks, but we hope to have more to share on expanding supported types of ‘giftable’ Microsoft Store content, soon.

    Full article where this was taken: Give the Gift of Games this Holiday!

  • Its Stoobs
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    You could preorder digital via Amazon, They would send you a code which your friend would redeem.

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