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

The bar chart compares the turnover in dollars from

sales

of video

games

for four different platforms, namely mobile phones, online, consoles and handheld devices, from 2000 to 2006.

It is clear that

sales

of

games

for three out of the four platforms rose each year, leading to a significant rise in total global turnover over the 7-year period.

Sales

figures for handheld

games

were at least twice as high as those for any other platform in almost every year. In 2000, worldwide

sales

of handheld

games

stood at around $11

billion

,

while

console

games

earned just under $6

billion

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given for mobile or online

games

in that year. Over the next 3 years,

sales

of handheld video

games

rose by about $4

billion

, but the figure for consoles decreased by $2

billion

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and online

games

started to become popular, with

sales

reaching around $3

billion

in 2003. In 2006,

sales

of handheld, online and mobile

games

reached peaks of 17, 9 and 7

billion

dollars respectively.

By contrast

, turnover from console

games

dropped to its lowest point, at around $2.5

billion

.