{"id":137127,"date":"2026-05-10T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-200997"},"modified":"2026-05-10T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T08:00:00","slug":"nintendo-says-approximately-40-of-tomodachi-life-living-the-dream-players-are-switch-2-owners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/05\/10\/nintendo-says-approximately-40-of-tomodachi-life-living-the-dream-players-are-switch-2-owners\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo Says Approximately 40% Of Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream Players Are Switch 2 Owners"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/33e66e0260124\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/33e66e0260124\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"33e66e0260124\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Tomodachi Life\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/33e66e0260124\/tomodachi-life.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/33e66e0260124\/tomodachi-life.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"563\" alt=\"Tomodachi Life\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/tomodachi_life_living_the_dream\">Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream<\/a> made its debut on the Switch last month, and in case you missed it, it sold over <strong>3.8 million<\/strong> units in its first two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>In the latest financial results, Nintendo has also revealed one other interesting fact about the social sim. Although this is a Switch title, according to Nintendo, it seems approximately <strong>40%<\/strong> of players have been enjoying the game on Switch 2:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Nintendo:<\/strong> &#8220;Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream had solid release, with global sell-through surpassing 3.8 million units in the first two weeks. Although released as a Nintendo Switch title, approximately 40% of players are Nintendo Switch 2 owners.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p>There&#8217;s currently no dedicated Switch 2 Edition for this title. However, there are some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/04\/nintendo-details-the-benefits-of-playing-tomodachi-life-on-switch-2\"><em>slight<\/em> benefits of playing on the new system<\/a>, such as faster load times and GameChat support.<\/p>\n<p>If you didn&#8217;t catch the latest sales update, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/05\/switch-2-has-sold-just-shy-of-20-million-units-nintendo-lowers-fy27-forecast\">Switch 2 has now sold<\/a> a total of <strong>19.86 million<\/strong> units. As for the original Switch, this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/05\/switch-lifetime-sales-inch-toward-ps2-but-price-hikes-may-hurt-its-chances\">family of systems has shifted<\/a> a total of <strong>155.92 million<\/strong> units in the space of nine years.<\/p>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t already played Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, be sure to check out our review here on Nintendo Life.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube with-primis\" data-videoid=\"fBH0UCJ9e20\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fBH0UCJ9e20?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1\"><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch-2\/related-articles:200944,198836,199458 @ 1778427865 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p>What system are you playing Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream on? Have you even got it yet? <em>Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n<section id=\"poll-11825\" data-block-type=\"poll\" class=\"poll\" data-uri=\"polls\/what_system_are_you_playing_tomodachi_life_living_the_dream_on\" data-id=\"11825\" data-question=\"What system are you playing Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream on?\">\n<div class=\"results hidden\">\n<h3 data-toc=\"skip\">What system are you playing Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream on? (186 votes)<\/h3>\n<ol class=\"poll-results many-results\">\n<li class=\"result first\"><strong class=\"answer\">Switch 1<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"41 votes (22%)\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"22\"><span class=\"val\">22<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result last\"><strong class=\"answer\">Switch 2<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"145 votes (78%)\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"78\"><span class=\"val\">78<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Nintendo Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream made its debut on the Switch last month, and in case you missed it, it sold over 3.8 million units in its first two weeks. In the latest financial results, Nintendo has also revealed one other interesting fact about the social sim. Although this is a Switch title, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137127\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}