User blog comment:Callofduty4/Modern Warfare 3 Launch Trailer/@comment-80.98.246.24-20111023115005/@comment-4095569-20111023173009

Not anymore it seems. Looks like they'll just have to level up in ranked the same way as consoles. At lest they do have dedicated servers to avoid the hackers unlike PS3, 360 and Wii. I'm sure each server will have its own individual ranking system anyway. It still sucks for console users anyway.