Sony Computer Entertainment's Chief Technical Officer Shinichi Okamoto has left the company, which he helped to set up in the early 1990s, on August 31st. Okamoto, a graduate from Tokyo's prestigious Waseda University joined Sony in 1989 and has been involved in the development of the original PlayStation, the current PlayStation 2 as well as SCE's next project, the PlayStation 3. It is not yet known what reasons led to his departure, nor what the 45-year old will do in the future.

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