You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. 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. You should write at least 150 words.

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

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.

You should write at least 150 words.
The bar chart illustrates the world wholesale of different types of
games
in billions of
dollars
from 2000 to 2006.
Overall
, it is clear from the graph that handheld
games
have the most
sales
.
Additionally
, online
games
and mobile phone
games
increased their
sales
every
year
,
while
console game
sales
decreased. In 2000, Handheld
games
were in first place in
sales
at just under 12
billion
dollars
and it increased every
year
and reached approximately 15
billion
dollars
in the years 2004 and 2005.
This
aspect took the peak point at about 18
billion
in 2006.
However
, console
games
were at 6
billion
dollars
in
sales
in 2000 , following that, fell slightly every
year
and stayed at around 4
billion
dollars
in 2003 and 2004. But it continued to decline and reached the minimum point in 2006 at roughly 3
billion
dollars
.
Moreover
, online
games
and cellphone
games
were not in the
year
2000
this
appeared in the
year
2001 at just under 1
billion
and in 2002 at just above 1
billion
dollars
, respectively.
Finally
, their highest point at 2006 at approximately 8
billion
dollars
.
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Vocabulary: The word "just under" was used 2 times.

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