Neff
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Money and freedom.
Because honestly? Between publisher X willing to give him 100 million to make Alloy Toothed Wheel Rigid and publisher Y giving 50 million for freedom to pursue something new altogether like he did with Boktai/ZoE, I'd say there's a higher chance he'll take the latter.
If Kojima was a 'hit machine', then yes. But the reality is that even though a lot of his games are ingenious and fun, the ones that print money is only Metal Gear.
Who's the one that will balance the money and creative freedom will get Kojima, imo.
It's going to be interesting to see how much weight 'Hideo Kojima the blank canvas developer' vs 'Hideo Kojima the creator of Metal Gear' carries with publishers and gamers alike.
I'm sure that wherever he goes or whatever he does, he'll be able to do whatever the hell he likes creatively speaking. But he does enjoy his big, flashy, expensive game/movie experiences, and that may sway him.