Summary Box: January video game sales down 13 pct (AP)

THE GAMES: Video mettlesome code income dropped 12 proportionality in January, to $597.9 meg when compared with a assemblage earlier. “New Super Mario. Bros.” from Nintendo and “Mass Effect 2″ from Electronic Arts were No. 1 and 2 sellers.

THE SYSTEMS: Hardware income slumped 21 proportionality to $353.7 million, with the Wii and the Nintendo DS the digit best-sellers.

THE EXTRAS: Sales of accessories climbed 2 proportionality to $217 million.