You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The bar graph shows the global sales (in billions of dollars) of different types of digital games between 2000 and 2006. Write a report for a university, lecturer describing the information shown below. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. You should write at least 150 words. Writing task 1

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The bar graph shows the global sales (in billions of dollars) of different types of digital games between 2000 and 2006.

Write a report for a university, lecturer describing the information shown below.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

You should write at least 150 words.

Writing task 1
The bar chart illustrates the
sales
of four main types of digital
games
during the period from 2000 to 2006 around the world. The most significant change is that mobile
games
passed online
games
in 2005;
however
, online
games
suddenly surged from roughly 5 to 10,
at
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2005 and 2006 respectively. It is
also
interesting to note that online
games
have
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had 0 billion
sales
globally
at
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2000,
while
it now has
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greatest share of
digital
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the digital
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games
market. Another notable trend is console
games
, It started with
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most
sales
(6
billions
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)
at
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2000,
while
it
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gain a downward trend during the period from 2000(6billions) to 2006(3
billions
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).
In contrast
, handheld
games
had a stable increase throughout the period.
Overall
, handheld
games
remains its dominant market position since 2000, and online
games
and mobile phone
games
are now
the
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second and
the
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third place
of
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the market. The least
sales
is
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console
games
, and it is still declining every
years
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year
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.
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