I've just got around to watching Brad's interview with Robert Bowling of 'fourzerotwo' fame regarding multiplayer in Modern Warfare 2 and one thing Mr. Bowling mentioned caught my attention.
 
Everytime you prestige you'll still be able to unlock more content to play around with. He didn't state exactly how many times you need to prestige in order to unlock new stuff or what exactly it is you'll unlock. But COD4 never had a prestige mode on the PC version.
 
So does anyone know if it has been mentioned or confirmed that the PC version will get a prestige mode or will it be console only once again?

they haven't confirmed it either way yet, but since you unlock stuff for prestiging, it would make no sense to leave it out now.

are people really gonna buy the frickin goggles?? 
 
I dont think the PC is gonna have that privilege

" are people really gonna buy the frickin goggles??  I dont think the PC is gonna have that privilege "

I don't see why they wouldn't include it. But then I don't see why it wasn't included in CoD4 either.

If they do include it, they ought to fix their other glaring omission while they're at it (i.e. no account persistence so when I switched operating systems I lost all my gold guns and my rank).

Didnt they tie World at War to an account type system on PC? Whereas Cod4 had local profiles so to prestige you just had to delete your profile so its not like we really lacked it (though I think you got diffrent icons on consoles).

Since I think World at War had the account system, im not sure since I only played a little bit of it, then Cod:MW2 will most likely have it too and through it a prestige system.

" I don't see why they wouldn't include it. But then I don't see why it wasn't included in CoD4 either. "

Well...I happen to know that I've asked a certain Giant Bomb staff member this same exact question...and I may have a response to that question: 
 
Jeff said: 
"They haven't really been getting into the specifics of the PC version yet, so we don't know for sure."    

He goes on in the message to saying what he thinks the deal is, but I'm not going to go posting up anything else from a private message without the man's consent.  

This has been confirmed recently. Can't find the link, but there is definitely going to be prestige in the PC version.

I asked a guy at a Gamestop. He told me there isn't going to be a prestige edition, or any special edition for that matter, for the PC version. Which is totally gay. FPS games are supposed to be played with a mouse and a keyboard and now the industry is turning its attention to game consoles?
 
I think it is ridiculous to see the consoles get the Prestige edition while PC players have to get the regular edition. I understand you are a PC aficionado yourself hamz. You feel my angst too right?

" I asked a guy at a Gamestop. He told me there isn't going to be a prestige edition, or any special edition for that matter, for the PC version. Which is totally gay. FPS games are supposed to be played with a mouse and a keyboard and now the industry is turning its attention to game consoles?  I think it is ridiculous to see the consoles get the Prestige edition while PC players have to get the regular edition. I understand you are a PC aficionado yourself hamz. You feel my angst too right? "