The chart below shows the global sales of differnt kinds of digital games from 2000 to 2006.

The bar chart provides information about the

sales

in

Change preposition

of

show examples

four categories of digital

games

across the world between 2000 and 2006.

It is clear that

the majority of

sales

were from handheld

games

in the given chart.

Moreover

, it can be seen that online

games

were introduced in 2001, and mobile phone

games

appeared on the market in 2002. Looking at the information in more detail, in 2002, the

sales

of handheld and console

games

were nearly $10

billion

and $6

billion

, respectively. Online

game

sales

started at approximately $1

billion

in 2001 and

then

increased to about $2

billion

, which was as much as the

sales

figures for mobile phone

games

. It is notable that from 2003, the

sales

of console

games

began to gradually decrease until 2006. In 2004, apart from handheld

game

sales

, the other categories exhibited similar figures, nearly $4

billion

each.

Furthermore

, mobile phone

game

sales

surpassed online

game

sales

by roughly $1

billion

in 2005. Ultimately, in 2006, the former reached $9

billion

,

while

the latter was $7

billion

.

In contrast

, the

sales

of handheld

games

remained high from 2000 to 2006.