John Riccitiello wants everyone to know one thing: He wants EA to be a nice place to work at.

As recent as 2006, the company was sued for failing to pay overtime to its workers. Fast forward two years, and Riccitiello wants to turn the ship around. “I want EA to be the best place for creative guys in our industry to work, and I want us to have the highest quality, most innovative games,” Riccitiello said.

Riccitiello believes that others in the industry (and others at EA prior to him being appointed CEO) were bogged down in business processes, instead of making games.

“I’m trying to actually get it shifted, so people understand that the most important thing in our company is where the programming, the art direction, the game design and production takes place.”

“Ultimately, if we do that, we’ll make the best games. If we make the best games, they’ll sell really well, and we’ll be really profitable,” Riccitiello said.

Source: [San Jose Mercury]