Wii Video games sales fall 17%

OVERALL US video game sales fell 17 per cent in March to US$1.43 billion (S$2.14 billion), research group NPD said on Thursday, a revealing figure for an industry that had so far shown resilience in the economic downturn.Video game software sales dropped 17 per cent to US$792.8 million in the month, while hardware sales fell 18 per cent to US$455.6 million.Nintendo's blockbuster Wii was again the top-selling console in the US, selling 601,000 units. Microsoft's Xbox 360 was No. 2 with 330,000 units, while Sony's PlayStation 3 was third, with 218,000 units.Nintendo's DS was the top-selling handheld console, selling 563,000 units, ahead of Sony's PSP, which sold 168,000.Capcom's 'Resident Evil 5' was the best-selling video game in the month, selling 1.5 million units for the Xbox and PlayStation 3,