# PS5 Now the Only Console without a Digital Game Gifting Option

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/ps5-now-the-only-console-without-a-digital-game-gifting-option/
- Published: 2026-11-10T09:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-10T09:38:18+00:00
- Original publisher: Push Square
- Original article: https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2026/11/ps5-now-the-only-console-without-a-digital-game-gifting-option
- Topics: Entertainment, Gaming, Space, Technology

## Key points

- Nintendo eShop gifting launches next week.
- PlayStation still has no direct digital game gifting.
- Sony plans to end new physical releases in January 2028.

## Summary

Nintendo has confirmed that digital game gifting is coming to the eShop next week, leaving PlayStation’s store as the only major console storefront in the article without the feature. The gap matters as Sony plans to end physical releases of new games from January 2028, making the PS Store the sole place to buy new PlayStation releases.

Nintendo’s gifting system will let users send games to members of their Nintendo Account family group, which can have up to eight people; Xbox and Steam allow gifting to anyone on a friends list. At present, PlayStation users can send games only by buying PSN vouchers. The article argues Sony should add direct gifting alongside other proposed store improvements, including better refunds, digital game trading and a loyalty scheme.

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