The bar chart provides information on global expenditures for mobile phone games, online games, console games, and handheld games between 2000 and 2006.
Overall, handheld games consistently accounted for the highest spending throughout the period, while console games experienced a noticeable decline in popularity. In contrast, mobile phone and online games, which were introduced later, saw significant growth in expenditure over time.
Looking more closely at the data, handheld games began with sales just below $12 billion in 2000, steadily increasing each year to reach approximately $18 billion by 2006. In contrast, console games started with around $6 billion in sales in 2000, but this figure dropped sharply, finishing the period at roughly $3 billion.
On the other hand, online games entered the market in 2001 with spending of about $1 billion, and this figure rose significantly to around $7 billion by 2006. Similarly, mobile phone games, introduced in 2002, also saw a rapid increase in spending, ending at approximately $9 billion in 2006. Both mobile and online games demonstrated robust upward trends, contrasting with the decline seen in console games.