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The chart illustrates the sales of various types of digital
games
(mobile
phone
games
, online
games
, console
games
, handheld
games
) all over the world over a period of 7 years, from 2000 to 2006. Overall, handheld
games
were the most expensive ones and their value experienced
significant
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a significant
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increase. The cost of mobile
phone
games
and online ones sharply grew,
however
they appeared later.
On the contrary
, console
games
marginally became cheaper.
Furthermore
, the price of console
games
was just below 6
billion
dollars
in 2000 while in 2006 it halved. The cost of handheld
games
rose gradually from roughly 11
billion
dollars
to just under 18
billion
dollars
in 2006. In 2004 and 2005, the figures are almost equal. Online
games
and mobile
phone
games
appeared in 2001 and 2002 respectively.
Moreover
, the price of online
games
increased considerably from nearly 1
billion
dollars
to about 9
billion
dollars
. The growth
of
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cost
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the cost
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of mobile
phone
games
was
also
remarkable and in 2006, their price became approximately 7
billion
dollars
.
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