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

The bar graph shows the global sales (in billions of dollars) of different types of digital games between 2000 and 2006.
The bar chart illustrates globally the
trade
of various types of digital
games
in terms of billions of
dollars
from 2000 to 2006.
Overall
, it is clearly observed that handheld
games
ranked by far the highest price during the 7-year period.
Similarly
, the sales of online and handheld
games
increased around the world
while
console ones lost fame in the global market. In detail, at the beginning of the period, the purchase of handheld
games
made up about 13
bln
dollars
and experienced only increasing trends in the next years. In 2006, the
trade
of handheld
games
reached the zenith of global sales and consisted of seven times as much as console
games
. In 2000, there were no signs of mobile and online
games
in world
trade
,
however
, in 2003, about 6
bln
dollars
were allocated to these sectors collectively.
Although
mobile phone
games
had slighter superiority than online plays on sale until 2005, online plays surpassed phone
games
and the end of the period nearly 10
bln
dollars
. Unlike three other game types, console plays ranked in the second trademark (approximately 8
bln
dollars
) in the world in 2000. Having remained steady at around 5
bln
$ in 2003 and 2004, the global
trade
of console
games
declined dramatically and reached 3
bln
dollars
in 2006.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words trade, games, dollars, bln with synonyms.
Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "undefined" in your introduction.
Vocabulary: The word "reached" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • Trends
  • Surpassed
  • Advent
  • Steady growth
  • Fluctuating sales
  • Technological advancements
  • Proliferation
  • Year-on-year growth
  • Factors influencing
  • Peak sales
  • Demographic shifts
  • Engagement
  • Driving the sales
  • Blockbuster titles
  • Major game releases
  • Spurring
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