1. 资源

制作手机游戏所需的资源比掌机游戏少很多。例如，所有开发者都可以在苹果应用商店销售应用，当然你需要具备一定的编程知识。你需要具备的条件是一台Mac电脑及Developers License（游戏邦注：这只需要100美元）。苹果需要审批你的应用，但100美元相对掌机平台的发行费用而言简直是小巫见大巫；而在Android Market发行内容则完全免费。

2. 更简单的游戏

多数智能手机游戏都非常有趣、简单和休闲。它们不是激烈的第一人称射击游戏。虽然手机平台也有若干这类游戏，但多数游戏的体验和制作过程都非常简单。

有些手机游戏不易制作，但相比其他平台，手机游戏的制作过程就显得简单很多。结构和故事（有时甚至无需故事内容）的制作和落实过程都非常简单。总体来看，手机游戏更易于制作。

iphone games(from nazarsudhakar.blogspot.com)

3. 时间

你能够用不到1月的时间制作出高质量的手机游戏。而大型掌机游戏则需要耗费几年时间，需要进行大量润色工作。手机游戏所搭载的设备很小，通常是单玩家模式，虽然此平台也有若干多人游戏。

许多公司能够在1年内制作出20多款游戏。若某些作品惨遭失败，那么其他作品还能够进行弥补。

投身手机平台，你能够创造更多作品和内容，从而获得更多玩家和用户。

4. 新市场

手机平台是新事物。苹果iPhone和智能手机目前非常风靡。几乎人手一部。这促使游戏市场由原本的玩家范围扩展至大众领域。

由于平台的用户增多，体验和购买游戏的用户也会相应增多。用户发生很大变化和发展，这令游戏开发者获得更多的创收机会。

5. 低准入门槛

手机游戏市场的准入门槛很低。创建公司或进行转变是件易事。就像我前面提到的，iPhone游戏的制作和销售成本只要100美元。

若你能够制作出杰出游戏，就定能够获得丰厚收益。由于制作手机游戏所耗费的时间很短，所以你能够在较短时间内尝试各种构思。于手机平台制作和销售游戏是件非常简单的事情。

这也是为什么游戏开发商纷纷转投手机游戏。手机游戏的制作成本低、耗费时间短，过程简单。这里存在大量新用户，属于新市场。这也是游戏开发商纷纷进行转移的原因所在，因为这里的创收空间很大。（本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译，拒绝任何不保留版权的转载，如需转载请联系：游戏邦）

5 Reasons Why Game Developers Are Switching to Mobile Games

1. Resources

The resources required to make a mobile game are a lot less than those needed to make a console game. For example on the Apple app store, anyone can sell an app on it, of course you will need to have some programming knowledge. All that you need is a Mac computer and a Developers License which only costs $100. They do have to approve your app but $100 is not even close to the amount of money you would need to pay to publish your game on a console; and to sell an app on the Android market it’s free!

2. Simpler Games

Most Smartphone games are fun, easy, casual kinds of games. They’re not intense First Person Shooters. Although there are some on mobile devices, most games tend to be easy to play and make.

Some mobile games may be difficult to make, but the majority, compared to other platforms, are easy to make. The structure and the story, sometimes you don’t even really need a story, are just easier to make and implement. Overall mobile games are easier to make.

3. Time

You can make a high quality mobile game in less than a month. Big console games take years to make, there’s a lot you have to polish. On mobile games it’s a small device and it’s usually single player, although there are multiplayer games as well.

With the amount of time it takes some companies could whip out 20 plus games in a year. If a few of them are flops then another one can make up for it.

With mobile development you get a lot more games and a lot more content out. From that you get a lot more players and customers.

4. New Market

It’s the new platform the new thing. The Apple IPhone and Smartphone’s are very popular at the moment. Just about everyone has one. This expands the market to not just gamers but to everyone.

Since a lot more people have the platform there are a lot more customers that will play and buy your game. The audience has changed and grown a lot, which gives game developers a greater chance to make a profit.

5. Low Barrier to Entry

The mobile game market is easy to break into. It’s very easy to start a company or to make a transition. Like I said before it’s only $100 to make and sell games on the IPhone.

If you create a great game you can really make a lot of money. Also since the time to develop games is fairly quick you can try a lot of different ideas in a short amount of time. It’s fairly easy to start creating and selling games on mobile platforms.

This is why game developers are switching to mobile games. They’re cheap, quick, and easy to make. There are a wide range of new customers and it’s the new thing. That’s why game developers are switching, because there is so much potential to make a great profit.（Source：gamenacho）