the chart above shows the global sales of digital games from 2000 to 2006.
overall handheld games have become favorite digital games and always improved significantly every year in global sales since 2000.
On the first of the year 2000 console games sold about 6 $bn and almost 12 $bn for handheld games sold in this year. in the second of the year start from 2001 into 2003 handheld games continues decline until reach about 4 $bn in 2003. New online games were introduced in 2001 and had 1 $bn and reach 3 $bn in the last of the 2003. in 2002 Mobile phone games released and had same percentage with online games which is 2 $bn and going up and exceeds 1 point more high then Online Games in 2003. as usually handheld games keep going up in every year until reach 14 $bn in 2003.
in 2004 online games and mobile phone games reached the same percentage of number in 4 $bn and handheld still on the same percentage with the pervious year which is 4 $bn. 2005 until 2006 the hand held games reached the highest of number sales for digital games in global sales with the 18 $bn in the year, same with the online games which is reached the highest number of sales with 9 $bn in this years, also mobile phone games had increased in the number of 8 $bn, but not with the console games which is keep going down into the lower percentage of sales with 3 $bn in the last of 2006.