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.

The bar graph demonstrates the

number

of worldwide

sales

in billions of

dollars

of several types of digital

games

in the period 2000 to 2006.

Overall

, mobile phone

games

, online

games

, and handheld

games

indicated an upward trend,

while

handheld

games

demonstrated a downward trend. With regards to the

sales

of mobile phone

games

, it is noticeable that there weren’t any online or mobile

games

until 2002. In 2002, the

number

of

sales

was under 1

billion

dollars

,

however

, the rate considerably increased to reach around 3

billion

dollars

in 2003. After the year, it was increasingly sold ending with a

number

of

sales

of over 6

billion

dollars

in 2006. The

number

of

sales

of online

games

started to appear in 2001 for less than 1

billion

dollars

, and it continuously rose from approximately 1

billion

dollars

to almost 9

billion

dollars

between 2002 and 2005, ending with the highest

number

of

sales

for around 9

billion

dollars

in 2006.

Moreover

, there was a steady increase in the

sales

of handheld

games

from around 12 to almost 18

billion

dollars

between 2000 and 2006.

However

, the

number

of the

sales

of handheld

games

was in the decrease from nearly 12 to under 3

billion

dollars

over the 7-year period.