DS sells 125 million worldwide, Wii up to 67 million

Nintendo announced its earnings for the nine-month period from April to December 2009, reporting a 23.8% year-over-year drop in net sales from the same period in 2008 but still claiming "the third best corresponding performances in company history." That's the extremely mild downside of the kind of crazy success Nintendo's been experiencing: even slightly less crazy success sounds bad.

The company also announced new sales totals for its hardware. The DS sold an additional 23.35 million units worldwide in April-December 2009, for a worldwide life to date total of 125.13 million. Wii is now up to 67.45 million worldwide, having sold 17.05 million units. Both of those totals are, again, down from Nintendo's 2008 sales, while also being ridiculous.

You can see the full chart of Wii and DS sales, as well as software sales, all broken down by region after the break.

Unit sales in millions:

	Apr-Dec 08	Apr-Dec 09	LTD	Forecast Apr 09-Mar 10
Nintendo DS
Total Hardware	25.62	23.35	125.13	30
Japan	3.29	3.52	29.92
The Americas	9.54	10.53	44.99
Other	12.79	9.30	50.23
Total Software	163.78	121.38	688.29	150
Japan	27.11	25.04	171.99
The Americas	64.55	56.95	261.90
Other	72.11	39.38	254.41
Wii
Total Hardware	20.52	17.05	67.45	20
Japan	1.89	1.76	9.72
The Americas	9.80	8.48	32.02
Other	8.83	6.81	25.71
Total Software	163.78	156.64	509.66	192*
Japan	11.04	12.48	46.57
The Americas	90.29	82.84	275.84
Other	62.46	61.32	187.24