Playstation 3 Brings in Gamer Rankings and More!

Sony announced today the release of version 2.40 of its firmware for the Playstation 3.

The PS3′s recent success was marred last month by the XBox 360s online game rankings and controller profile system, allowing its users to maintain a romaing profile of their controller options, game stats and friends lists.

With the PlayStation 3′s firmware upgrade however it does look as if things may be set to change, with a huge array of upgrades, the full list or which is impressive

* Friend category
* View, send, receive messages via your Playstation 3
* Manage downloads
* Set the vibration feature of the PS3 controller
* Sign in to PlayStation Network
* Register friends
* Manage Bluetooth devices
* Terminate the game
* Music category
* Use the system BGM
* Work the system BGM operation panel
* Settings category
* Assign PS3 controllers
* View profiles
* Game category
* Set audio devices
* Use the voice changer