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Nintendo Game Sales Surge Thanks to Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, but Switch 2 Hardware Suffers Big Decline
Nintendo said software sales rose 18.8% on Switch 2, led by Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, even as overall business declined 15.3%.
- Nintendo released its second-quarter earnings report, revealing a mixed performance with robust software demand offsetting significant declines in hardware shipments.
- Hardware shipments registered a steep drop during the first half of FY27, with Nintendo Switch 2 sales declining 37.4% and the original Switch falling 32.7% compared to last year.
- Software performance proved strong, with Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream shipping 8.81 million units and digital game sales surging 60.5% year-on-year.
- Operating profit fell 16% in the second quarter, though Nintendo's share price rose 6.3% following the report, aided by 'solid software sales' and IEEPA tariff refunds.
- The company maintains a 16.50m unit sales forecast for new hardware this fiscal year, despite concerns that the absence of Grand Theft Auto could impact profits throughout the Christmas period.
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Nintendo game sales surge thanks to Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, but Switch 2 hardware suffers big decline
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