I'll just quote a very good friend of mine.
A GM is there to manage a studio. Not a game. An executive producer is there to make a game ship, not design it. AAA games are made by hundreds and sometime thousands of people. THEY are the one making the game. Execs' leaving really doesn't change much.
A GM is there to manage a studio. Not a game. An executive producer is there to make a game ship, not design it. AAA games are made by hundreds and sometime thousands of people. THEY are the one making the game. Execs' leaving really doesn't change much.