You can look at individual products sold. Unit sales tripled in 1994 and are still growing. Retail sales in millions of dollars are expected to triple from 1995 to 1999. Or you can look at it from the hardware perspective where a large number of personal computers sold now have CD-ROM drives. Stats on the growth of CD-ROM don't show the total picture, though.
Games are the most common type of CD-ROM product in the consumer market.
Multimedia games, children's materials, and reference books are the fastest growth areas. The other big market segment is software distribution, led by Microsoft. But libraries are not keeping up with the trend. Trends There are several trends in the industry that may shape the future and determine CD-ROM's fate. The first is the introduction of a high density compact disc player.