CONNECT WITH US
Gaming

Gaming

Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 Update Adds Support for eShop Game Gifting, Just in Time for Christmas — but There's a Catch

IGN logo

Published on

Add as a preferred source on Google
Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 Update Adds Support for eShop Game Gifting, Just in Time for Christmas — but There's a Catch

Nintendo has released an update for the Switch and Switch 2 to support gifting eShop products, but there’s a catch.

Ver. 23.5.0 adds support for gifting Nintendo eShop products to members in your Nintendo Account family group only (up to eight total). That means you can’t simply gift games to people on your friends list, as other gaming platforms such as Steam do.

But it’s a start! And this being the family friendly Nintendo, it probably shouldn’t come as a surprise to see the company take a baby steps approach to gifting. In the patch notes, below, Nintendo confirmed that the gifting feature will be available after a Nintendo eShop update scheduled for November 17, so it’s not live yet.

But the English page for the gifting feature is live, and it confirms how it will work. It only includes “eligible” games as well as DLC and upgrade packs. Nintendo itself said some products may not be eligible for digital gifting. Also worth noting, supervised accounts are not able to send digital gifts, and the number of digital gift purchases allowed in a given period is limited.

Please note that gifts are sent to your recipient immediately, so be sure you’re ready!

Meanwhile, Ver. 23.5.0 makes “general adjustments and fixes were made to improve the user experience,” but Nintendo didn’t go into specifics.



Source link
Related Topics:Gaming

Disclaimer

We strive to uphold the highest ethical standards in all of our reporting and coverage. We TheMorningPulse.fyi want to be transparent with our readers about any potential conflicts of interest that may arise in our work. It's possible that some of the investors we feature may have connections to other businesses, including competitors or companies we write about. However, we want to assure our readers that this will not have any impact on the integrity or impartiality of our reporting. We are committed to delivering accurate, unbiased news and information to our audience, and we will continue to uphold our ethics and principles in all of our work. Thank you for your trust and support.