Band 7+: 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 worldwide sales of various types of video games throughout the period between 2000 and 2006. Overall, handheld games consistently generated the highest sales over the entire period, while mobile and online games showed steady growth from 2000 to 2006, in contrast to console games, which gradually declined.In 2000, handheld games, at the start of the period, stood at approximately $12 billion dollars, far exceeding console games at around 6 billion, while the other two categories were almost nonexistent. Over the next few years, handheld games continued to rise steadly, reaching about 17 billion dollars by 2006, Console games, however, experienced a gradual fall, dropping from close to 6 billion in 2000, to just over 3 billion in 2006.

Meanwhile, mobile phone and online games saw significant growth. Mobile games increased from zero in 2000 to around 7 billion in 2006, while online games followed a similar pattern, rising sharply after 2002 and reaching nearly 9 billion by the end of the period.

In general, the market shifted from being dominated by console games, to one where handheld, mobile, and online formats played a much more significant role.