Apple has updated the iTunes App Store to support gifting of iPhone and iPod touch apps, which of course includes games. This is a good news for avid iPhone users in the habit of recommending games to friends because now you can simply gift copies as part of your pleas to play. http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/Various/App+Store/news.asp?c=19304
would someone be as generous as to send a paid copy to a friend? i think it hard to imagine someone paying for an expensive game and then gifting it, not being the guy's birthday or something.
I've done this, though it wasn't a game. It was rather expensive - enough to use all of the gift card for one app.