Buying a game as a present

[Yecartmannew]

Hi all, I'm hoping for some help here.

I want to buy Call of duty black ops for my son for Christmas but I don't know how to do it.

If I put in my Microsoft account details will it be a download link that I can forward to him?

Or how else can i do it?
If it males a difference it's for Xbox one.

[TicTacTwo]

You can buy it on a disc or a download code but he needs an Xbox that takes discs if you want to buy a physical cope of the game

[Yecartmannew]

Thank you.

As far as I know the Xbox one doesn't take disks.

If it is definitely a download code that would be perfect but I am a bit worried that if I give my Microsoft account details on purchase he won't be able to change it to his.

I can't get any answer or help from the Activision website.

[Yecartmannew]

Does anyone have a definitive answer or link for where to buy a download link that I can buy?

[whatnow41]

How about you buy an Xbox live gift card?

You can get them from most supermarkets and Amazon. I'm sure they do digital gift cards as well as physical ones. That way you know for sure it's not linked to you, your account or credit card details.

[pistolknight]

Cd keys tend to be cheaper

www.cdkeys.com/xbox-live/games
They'll email the code to enter in the Xbox

[Yecartmannew]

Well that's just genius. No idea why I didn't think to check that.

Thank you.

[HerNameIsIncontinentiaButtocks]

Give him the cash to buy it as a "COD Token". Much safer plan.

Remember that COD:Black Ops is an 18, and has horrible and very very detailed visceral death in it (as well as loony American right-wing ideas about how the world works). If your boy is under 15 or so, I really wouldn't recommend it. No matter how much he cries that "all my other friends are playing it", which will be a lie (often by his friends fake-bragging, not him).

[Yecartmannew]

@48HerNameIsIncontinentiaButtocks thank you for the heads up. He is 25 though

Cash would be ok except he has his own little family and despite both being key workers they struggle financially and I know from experience when my DC were small that cash ends up being sucked into the day to day expenses so I would like him to have something he really wants.

And before anyone says anything, I do help out financially in emergencies. I just feel presents should be separate from that if the giver can afford both.

[HerNameIsIncontinentiaButtocks]

25 is a reasonable age to play COD, although perhaps he should know better by now! :D

CDkeys.com or the xbox live gift card is the way to go then.

[TicTacTwo]

And before anyone says anything, I do help out financially in emergencies. I just feel presents should be separate from that if the giver can afford both.

It's Xmas, of course it's fine to give him a gift that he can enjoy 😊

[Yecartmannew]

Thanks everyone. I have bought the cdkey.