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

Three out of four platforms of video

games

rose each year, leading to a significant rise in total global revenue over the 7-year. Sales figures for handheld

games

were at least twice as high as those for any other platform

in

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almost every year. In 2000,

the

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handheld

games

’ sales reached just almost 11

billion

,

while

console

games

were about 6 million. Meanwhile, the other three

games

did not have figures in that year, especially mobile phone ones. Until 2004, online and cell phone

games

became more popular, with sales reaching around $3

billion

. Over the following

7-year

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7 years

, there was a fluctuation among most digital

games

, except handheld

games

, which kept steadily increasing until it reached nearly 18

billion

dollars in 2006.

However

, console

games

decline to be the lowest income, at about 2

billion

dollars. At the same time, cell phones and online

games

were

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showed a significant increase to more than 5

billion

dollars in 2006.