The Ultimate Guide to Gaming Gift Cards
Marty
12 Aug 2024
Gaming is one of my all-time favorite pastimes. I’ve been playing computer games since I was extremely young, with Monkey Island being a game I spent far too much of my childhood working out. Gaming has changed dramatically since then, with most changes coming in the past few years. If you find yourself trying to navigate buying a gift for family or friends who love gaming, you might feel a little lost. I’m here to help you find the best gaming gift cards for everyone.
Popularity of Digital Gaming Gift Cards
Back when I started gaming, I needed 12 massive floppy disks and had to keep loading them as the game continued. Today, the idea of buying a disk or even needing a computer to play games, are distant memory.
The likes of Steam might not mean a whole lot to you. It didn ’t mean much to me either, at least until I built my own gaming PC and started buying games again. It’s amazing that in a few short years, the likes of buying physical games have been replaced with digital downloads around the world.
Just look at the increase in the share of people searching for “gaming gift card” around the world:
Driven not only by a move from physical games to digital downloads, gaming has also become increasingly accessible and enjoyable on other platforms. When you first think of gaming, you normally think of PC gaming or consoles like PlayStation or Xbox. Yet, you’ll find more gamers playing on their phones than on any PC or console.
This is why we’ve seen a massive increase in people buying gaming eGifts for family and friends back home.
Importance of Buying Region-Specific Gaming eGifts
If you now live in the United States but want to buy a gaming eGift for someone back home in Mexico or the UAE, you must buy the correct region. For a wide range of reasons, many digital platforms, including gaming services like Steam or PlayStation, implement region-specific restrictions.
If a gift card is purchased for a region different from where the recipient is located, they may face difficulties redeeming it or accessing certain features. This means you can’t go to your local store in the United States and simply send the code to another country.
This is where Ding comes in. We have an expansive and ever-growing catalog of gaming eGifts you can buy online from anywhere in the world. This ensures when your gift is digitally delivered, your family and friends can dive straight into their next gaming binge.
PlayStation eGifts
Earlier I spoke about my first PC gaming experience. My first console experience was the first PlayStation along with games like Gran Turismo. Today, Sony is up to the PlayStation 5. While the name remains similar, the experience has come a long way. Sure, the graphics are better, but Sony also created a digital-only PlayStation 5 which showed just how committed to the digital downloads it was.
That’s made PlayStation eGifts some of the most popular to be sent internationally through the Ding network. These PlayStation eGifts are really flexible too. They can be used to pay for a full game, part of a game, or for a PlayStation Plus subscription.
These subscriptions give console gamers access to massive collections of games that can be played as much as they like. As you can imagine, this makes them, and PlayStation eGifts extremely sought after.
You can buy a PlayStation eGift for loved ones back home, from anywhere in the world, for the following countries:
Steam eGifts
Steam is one of the world’s biggest gaming platforms and is at the very heart of PC gaming. The vast majority of games in the world today can be bought through Steam, with very few exceptions.
What this means is that if you’re buying a gift for someone back home and know they are a PC gamer, a Steam eGift is almost certainly going to be appreciated.
Through Ding, you can buy Steam eGifts for the following countries from anywhere in the world:
Xbox eGifts
While my gaming days started on PC and evolved towards PlayStation before coming back to PC, I spent a lot of time on Xbox too. Xbox was created by Microsoft and today they have a massive footprint both in the world of console gaming and PC gaming. Despite no longer having an Xbox, I still have an Xbox Game Pass Subscription. But why?
Xbox Game Pass is similar to what PlayStation offers. It has unlimited access to a wide selection of excellent games. This collection includes some older games but also a massive range of Microsoft’s own games, including those from Bethesda. This meant when games like Starfield launched, I got to play it without having to buy the game itself.
If you know someone is a PC gamer or that they have an Xbox, an Xbox eGift is a truly awesome gift to give them. You can buy Xbox eGifts through Ding for the following countries, from any country around the world:
Google Play eGifts
I’ll be the first to admit, I’m not a massive mobile gamer. There are only so many hours in the day I can game! However, mobile gaming has grown massively in recent years. This is down to a combination of a few things, not least of which is the increasing power of budget smartphones.
Added to this is the surge in games focused on gameplay instead of just realistic graphics. Take Roblox for example. This game is about creating new games and will run on most average-powered modern smartphones.
Suddenly, giving kids the games they really want to play has become much more accessible because instead of the expensive consoles, the phone already in the home becomes the console.
As a direct result of this, the popularity of Google Play eGifts has grown massively. This is one of the top-selling eGifts through the Ding platform and you can buy these digital gift cards from anywhere in the world for the following countries:
You can also use this eGift to purchase a Google Play Pass which gives access to over 1,000 mobile games with no ads and no in-app purchases.
Apple eGifts
Similarly, Apple’s own app store has become extremely focused on gaming. In 2019, the company launched Apple Arcade. This was a collection of mobile games available for those opting to subscribe to the new service.
The quality of the games included is incredible with some being extremely high-quality PC or console ports. With such a high-quality quality gaming experience becoming available to nearly all iPhone owners, the interest in Apple eGifts also grew.
Being able to buy Apple digital gift cards for people back home was a great way to show your family and friends you were thinking of them in a meaningful way. That’s why we’ve seen Apple eGifts become one of the most popular items to be sold from around the world to the following countries:
The Apple eGifts can also be used for a range of other products like movies.
Netflix eGifts
You are forgiven for not thinking of Netflix immediately when thinking of gaming. However, gifting someone a Netflix subscription means you’re also gifting them access to some premium gaming apps.
Games like GTA: San Andreas and Football Manager are available to people with a Netflix subscription in certain countries. Of course, you also get access to Netflix’s full catalog of movies and TV shows for the region as well, making this a really popular eGift on Ding. You can send a Netflix eGift to anyone in the following countries:
More Perfect Gamer Gift Ideas
As a gamer, I can tell you that there’s as much spent on the area I play my games and the games I play themselves. PC gamers need accessories with RGB lights. Console gamers need a second controller and maybe a better headset. Mobile gamers might want something like the Backbone One.
But you are abroad, wondering how to get a physical gift back home without spending as much on shipping as the gift itself.
Fortunately, Ding also offers a wide range of eGifts for online retailers. For example, you can send an Amazon eGift from anywhere in the world to anyone in Mexico, the United Arab Emirates, the UK, Mexico, India, the US, and Saudi Arabia. If you want to buy a gaming gift for someone in Pakistan, send them a Daraz eGift through Ding.
A gamer in Nigeria, Ghana, or the Ivory Coast would love to receive a Jumia gaming gift card knowing they’ll be able to buy some gaming accessories or a new mobile phone. Other gamers might find a Neosurf voucher handy for a variety of platforms.
Benefits of Choosing a Gaming Gift Card
There are plenty of benefits that come with giving someone a gaming eGift. First of all, by choosing Ding, you’re choosing an extremely cost-effective way of sending a digital gift. You don’t have to worry about physical shipping costs, the risks of a gift going missing, or the lengthy times it takes for items to travel distances.
You can buy an eGift with Ding and have it delivered in seconds to the person you’re sending it to.
I’m not saying this is the case for you, but it’s also handy if you’ve forgotten about someone’s birthday or big day and you need to send them a last-minute gift as quickly as possible!
Choosing the Perfect Gaming Gift Card
Don’t let your lovely thought of sending a gift to your gaming loved ones be limited by distance. With Ding, you’ll be able to find an eGift for everyone, including the gamers in your life.
To choose the perfect gaming gift card, visit the eGift section on Ding.com and choose the country you are sending to. In the gift card section, you’ll find all the gaming options we have to offer, but don’t be afraid to look around to see if there’s something else you know they’ll love.
Don’t forget, data might be as important for some gamers as games themselves, particularly if you're sending to a mobile gamer or someone who tethers to their mobile phone. If nothing else in this guide feels like the perfect gift or if we haven’t expanded to the country you’re sending to yet, you can send them minutes or data for their mobile phone. Just pick a country, put in their number, and choose how much you want to gift them.
We’re regularly adding new eGift providers from around the world to make sure you can let loved ones know you’re thinking of them in a meaningful way. Check out the full range of eGift cards below.
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