Thanks lads.
He's got an old PS2 currently but it was 2nd hand and is probably on it's last legs. He mostly plays Fifa (just got fifa 11) on it. It's actually his papa who is thinking of getting him an x-box for his christmas but hubby thought a PS3 would be better as he already has ps2 games but clearly that doesn't matter. He's only 10 so is not playing on-line with his pals yet. They do link up the DS though