The people who add these features are different from those who work on other things.

That said, a lot of what they add to the PS3 via firmware is pretty welcome. It's come quite a long way with the firmware updates. With media alone, I couldn't play any of the videos that I currently have on my PS3 (apart from PS store downloads) when it first came out.

-1 for this thread.

This update has improved the stability and included dual sign in to the PSN
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2009/01/23/resistance-2-patch-140-details/

Guest access to PSN, DivX 3.11 support, Safe Mode etc...
http://vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=57685&page=1

OK ok alittle of the infomation I didn't know about like new divx support, and makes xmb OS use less ram. Thats kewl I have no problem with that, I quess I really don't have a use for creating picture albums. To each its own!!

 I doubt it Sir

No system update is useless, every update helps the PS3 in one way or another.

The big updates will be in 3.0, 3.5, 4.0 etc so I'll definitely be looking forward to 3.0

The dual sign in is a great addition.  It was so frustrating that you couldn't do this on PS3.  This makes the update worth it.  Not to mention the Divx 3.11 support. 

To the op, a lot of people disagree.  Would you rather have new features added every couple of months or yearly?  I appreciate Sony's continued support of the system.  The features that they add via firmware are great.

I think the photo stuff is nice! That's not because you don't use that it's useless. Open your mind bro!