In the ever-shifting terrain of creative allegiances and platform rivalries, Hideo Kojima — the auteur behind Metal Gear Solid's labyrinthine worlds — has moved his next major work, Physint, from Sony's PlayStation to Microsoft's Xbox. The deal reflects something older than any console war: the gravitational pull that exceptional creative vision exerts on those with the resources to house it. For an industry that trades as much in prestige as in profit, the question of where a celebrated mind chooses to build is never merely logistical.