How to gift someone the Handsome Collection.

[RaiFred]

My friend wants to gift me the Handsome Collection, but for some reason he can't buy the collection as a gift, only for himself. Anyone knows why this happens and how to fix it if possible?

[z00t]

It is possible to gift the Handsome Collection but it involves buying a Handsome Collection key from elsewhere like the macgamestore and gifting someone (you) that key. These can be found on sale in various places and it is basically a Steam key. If they got one from the macgamestore, it can still be used to run the game on a PC or Linux as well as a Mac, as it is a Steam key.

You cannot gift the collection via the Steam store.
Why not you might ask?
The way the price of the HC is calculated on Steam means you are only charged for stuff you don't have already.
You cannot gift it because the price cannot be calculated before checking out, because the Store doesn't know who it will be gifted to.
Normally you decide to buy a gift for someone so the store will know it is a gift - you cannot own more than one copy of a game, you check out and pay for the gift, and only then tell the store who to send it to. You cannot buy the full priced HC and then get a partial refund depending on what your friend has already.

So tell your friend to look for Handsome Collection keys on sale and then send it to you.

[RaiFred]

Originally posted by z00t:

It is possible to gift the Handsome Collection but it involves buying a Handsome Collection key from elsewhere like the macgamestore and gifting someone (you) that key. These can be found on sale in various places and it is basically a Steam key. If they got one from the macgamestore, it can still be used to run the game on a PC or Linux as well as a Mac, as it is a Steam key.

You cannot gift the collection via the Steam store.
Why not you might ask?
The way the price of the HC is calculated on Steam means you are only charged for stuff you don't have already.
You cannot gift it because the price cannot be calculated before checking out, because the Store doesn't know who it will be gifted to.
Normally you decide to buy a gift for someone so the store will know it is a gift - you cannot own more than one copy of a game, you check out and pay for the gift, and only then tell the store who to send it to. You cannot buy the full priced HC and then get a partial refund depending on what your friend has already.

So tell your friend to look for Handsome Collection keys on sale and then send it to you.

I see, I never realized that, thanks for explaining.

[z00t]

Happy to help if I can. Note though that the HC doesn't contain the most recent DLC - Commander Lilith's. That was released long after the contents of the HC was decided so is not included. This DLC will need to be added as well.

[RaiFred]

Originally posted by z00t:

Happy to help if I can. Note though that the HC doesn't contain the most recent DLC - Commander Lilith's. That was released long after the contents of the HC was decided so is not included. This DLC will need to be added as well.

That’s fine, I care about the main games more anyways. Also, I just realized another way to buy it. My friend can just buy a csgo skin of a slightly higher value than the collection, then send it to me after a week, and I will sell it and buy the collection for myself.

[z00t]

Whatever works for you :)

Lilith's is needed because it adds 8 levels to the game that your character can reach. The base game has a level cap of 50.
There are two Vault Hunter Upgrade Packs that add 11 levels each, so caps of 61 and 72. You do need both and both are included in the HC.
The game cap is 80 now. To be able to reach that you do need Lilith's, which is sort of a Vault Hunter Upgrade Pack #3. with a whole lot of extras included.
Get it when it is on sale.

[Diogenes49]

buy it on a games site

[Quaffie]

that's super annoying