xbox 360 vs. wii(?)

We've got two issues to resolve in this Christmas shopping season.

Our fourteen year old son wants an xbox 360 ... and desperately wants
to play online against his friends from school.

The issue there is the TV .. we only have one .. Can his xbox 460
play through the computer? What about if we are at our cabin? can
it play through a phone line??

The other issue is a Wii gaming system. He hasn't asked for one ...
but he does play it at a friend's. Is it a) a better system or b)
one with greater diversity of games?

Which system would be preferable in your view??

 

the "360" can connect to a computer monitor (you may need different leads to
those supplied)
it wont go "though" the computer just use the monitor, but you will need
somehting else to produce the sound.

If you add the catalogue of original Xbox games and the Xbox 360 then it far
outweighs the Wii.

the Wii seems to be more cutie cutie kids kinda gaming (nintendo stuff), but
there are other games written for it

The 360 is IMO the best, we have both, and the Wii does create a great load
of fun, probably for more members
of the family as the games tailor for a wider audience.

Online Gaming is the Huge difference though, playing 15 others in a massive
combat arena! nothing can top that!

HTH