The chart illustrates the global sales of various types of digital games from 2000 to 2006. Overall, handheld games slightly increased throughout the period. On the other hand, online games had the lowest sales over the entire six years. Nevertheless, mobile phone games and console games had almost similar sales.
In detail, handheld games had extraordinary sales from 2000 to 2006. Sales started at 10 billion dollars and dramatically rose, reaching 18 billion dollars in 2006, which was the highest throughout the period.
Conversely, in 2000, console games had a strong start with 6 billion dollars in sales. However, sales dramatically declined, and by 2006, they had decreased to 3 billion dollars. Meanwhile, online and mobile phone games were not present in 2000. However, online games entered the market in 2001. Moreover, in 2002, both online and mobile phone games commenced with 2 billion dollars in sales. From 2003 to 2005, the sales of both games fluctuated. Furthermore, their sales gradually rose, reaching a peak of 6 billion dollars in 2006.