Gifting games on Xbox One is now available to Xbox Insiders, and will head to the rest of us soon enough. Microsoft has recently taken to Twitter to answer some frequently-asked questions about the new program.
As we explained earlier in the month, Insiders can now purchase a game for a friend — he or she will be emailed a code that can then be redeemed for the content.
Thanks to Mike Ybarra, we now know that there’s no expiry date on a gifted game — a recipient doesn’t have a set amount of time to redeem a gifted title.
On gifting, the tokens gifted do not expire. No worrying they will expire before the recipient redeems the token. #Xbox
— Mike Ybarra (@Qwik) October 29, 2017
Moreover, if you’ve given a game that’s already owned by that recipient, he or she can either re-gift to a third person, or get the original purchaser a refund.
Also on gifting, if the recipient already owns the game then they can re-gift it or have the purchaser get a refund. #Xbox
— Mike Ybarra (@Qwik) October 29, 2017
How thoughtful!
We’ll let you know when gift giving is available to all.
The Xbox One X heads to stores on 7 November — giving a new game to a friend who’s bought one would sure be thoughtful, eh?
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