Microsoft already nixed the original XBox after 4 years and went to sell plenty of 360s. Nintendo nixed the GBA after 3 years for the DS and sold the most systems in their company history. This whole "you can't possibly change hardware after less than 5 years" is a lame bogeyman story that's been shoved down the throats of this industry. 

I'm just for a business model in which I'm treated like an ADULT. I make my own money, I'm not a 8-18 year old to whom a new console is a fucking emergency that I can't possibly afford. $400 for something I use for 3-4 years is nothing. That's a whopping $11/month for three years of use. That buys me what? Dinner for two at McDonalds once a month? Oh joy. 

Just like in the past a "superhero movie" like Deadpool would never be allowed to be made because superheroes are supposed to be "for the kids". Well look at that box office and tell me there isn't an adult audience. 

In actual fact, I'd be willing to bet a large majority even of comic book buyers today are *adults*. Same for freaking video games. It's about time we were offered a choice. 

If you don't like choice, then simply buy a competing product. Like every other damn electronic device on the face of the planet Earth. It's only for game consoles that we're sold this sales pitch that we as consumers are all stupid 13 year old little kids that can't handle/understand different hardware models. 

Like I'm sorry for the 10-year-old who can't afford to play Calladooty 2048484 now in 4K resolution, just like I'm sorry he can't go see Deadpool at the theater, but so what. Give the consumer the choice and let them decide I say. 

MS nixed the original Xbox after 4 years? That's probably because it came out a few years after the PS2 and MS wanted developers to put all their energy into games for their new console so they could take the fight to the PS3. I remember quite a few original xbox owners that were pissed that MS abandoned the console after 4 years.

And it's awesome man that you want to blow $300-$400 on gaming hardware every 4 years, but most console gamers don't want to. They'd rather buy 8-10 more games for their exisitng console they got a couple years ago. Most people want a console that they know is going to be supported fully for 8-10 years. That's not you? Cool.  There's already a device that supports your desire for upgrades and "adults with adult wallets", it's called a PC. Go buy whatever PC you want. There's nothign stopping you. You already have the option. You just want to create a new option for you, that directly impacts the options of others that don't think like you. You just don't care that your desire for a new option affects them. Go be an adult and buy a PC for however much money you want to spend, put Steam OS on it, and play those games on whatever settings you like. Well gee that seems exactly like what you're asking for! Don't like what Microsoft is currently offering, go buy a competing product, right?

P.S. It's hilarious that you think establishing a console standard, and giving consumers the option to buy a game console that will stay relevant and play current AAA games for 8-10 as "treating gamers like children".  I could just as easily say "I'm an ADULT. I want to buy a console and play the latest AAA games on it for the next 20 years! I'm tired of being treated like a CHILD and only getting 10 years out of it!". The two have nothing to do with one another.

Microsoft already nixed the original XBox after 4 years and went to sell plenty of 360s. Nintendo nixed the GBA after 3 years for the DS and sold the most systems in their company history. This whole "you can't possibly change hardware after less than 5 years" is a lame bogeyman story that's been shoved down the throats of this industry. 

I'm just for a business model in which I'm treated like an ADULT. I make my own money, I'm not a 8-18 year old to whom a new console is a fucking emergency that I can't possibly afford. $400 for something I use for 3-4 years is nothing. That's a whopping $11/month for three years of use. That buys me what? Dinner for two at McDonalds once a month? Oh joy. 

Just like in the past a "superhero movie" like Deadpool would never be allowed to be made because superheroes are supposed to be "for the kids". Well look at that box office and tell me there isn't an adult audience. 

In actual fact, I'd be willing to bet a large majority even of comic book buyers today are *adults*. Same for freaking video games. It's about time we were offered a choice. 

If you don't like choice, then simply buy a competing product. Like every other damn electronic device on the face of the planet Earth. It's only for game consoles that we're sold this sales pitch that we as consumers are all stupid 13 year old little kids that can't handle/understand different hardware models. 

Like I'm sorry for the 10-year-old who can't afford to play Calladooty 2048484 now in 4K resolution, just like I'm sorry he can't go see Deadpool at the theater, but so what. Give the consumer the choice and let them decide I say. 

MS nixed the original Xbox after 4 years? That's probably because it came out a few years after the PS2 and MS wanted developers to put all their energy into games for their new console so they could take the fight to the PS3. I remember quite a few original xbox owners that were pissed that MS abandoned the console after 4 years.

People would not be happy because they would need to pay  500US$ Every 2 years for a Console, this is  A lot of Money, and spend this for the company stop of supporting the Device, because the new one launched, just like Microsoft, did with windows 7, and 8, look at other Nation's Wallet 500US$ Is = 2000 Brazilian's R$ The minimum wage is 800R$, 27,5% Of yearly Tax = 620R$, One new console cost 3.5 months of a Brazilian's minimum Wage, People that get 6000-8000 US$ per year are crying because of a 600US$ Machine, the money you can spend on entarteinment, is a Small %, that the money you get every month, less than 10%.

Cellphone is a Market with More consumers than Humans on the Earth, we have Billions of Smart Phone working out there, we have Less than 500 Millions of Consoles working out there, Consoles are More Expensive, and Changing the Console, so OFten, is like purchasing a new Sofa, and a New TV, every year, there are kind of Goods, that need to last Longer, and consoles are the ones, do you sell a new Table for the same Person every year ?, a new Bathroom ?.

No actually the XBox was a huge money pit as it was build from off the shelf parts and MS couldn't renegotiate a better deal to make profit on it. So sticking off the shelf parts in a new box every 3 years is never going to make them money. MS has already learned that lesson, a 4 billion dollar lesson.

The toughest part was that the machine wasn’t designed to take advantage of declining prices or volume discounts on component manufacturing, the way a mass-market electronics product would ordinarily be designed. That was driven by necessity, since the machine went from idea to product in about half the time it usually took to design such a complicated device. There wasn’t enough time to design unique chips and hardware that could be made more cheaply over time. Microsoft had to take a lot of costly off-the-shelf parts, including an expensive hard disk drive. When the machine started selling for $299, the cost for making each machine was around $425.
http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/15/the-making-of-the-xbox-part-2/

A new machine every 3 years is not going to be cheap.

How do you know what "most gamers" want? The fact of the matter of the four major hardware makers 3 of the 4 have enjoyed their best selling hardware after short previous cycles. Sega replaced the Master System with the Genesis after three years (this is their best selling system). Nintendo replaced the GBA with the DS after three years (this is their best selling system). Microsoft replaced the XBox with the XBox 360 after 4 years (this is their best selling system). 

Game consoles are sold like toys still. EVERY other electronic device offers choice but game consoles. That's why I bring up kids. It's not the end of the world if someone does something different, if you don't like it hey stick to a PS4. No one is forcing you to do anything. 

This isn't going to lead to fragementation in the way you think most likely anyway. What will happen is the same thing that happens with PCs ... people will lower end hardware can still play the games they just have to accept lower effects and resolution and what not. 

And that's fine. I'm sorry if little 10-year-old Johnny has to play COD 029394 in "only" 900p instead of 2K resolution or something or "broke college age Johnny" can only afford the lower spec version. So what? 

Honestly these segments don't contribute that much to the business. Partially because they are freaking *broke*. The adults with real money are the ones that likely drive this business today. It's high time this audience had a hardware offering more suited to us. 

I don't want to build a PC. I keep my PC in my basement, it's not something I'm going to hook up in my home electronics freaking center. My fiance would take one look at that and say "hell no, get that out of the living room". 

I'm sorry that people in Brazil have a low minimum income, but that's not my problem. Should Apple not release an iPad Pro because certain people can't afford it? No thanks, I'd rather have the choice. 

You don't "need" to buy anything either, my PC has a Nvidia 570 GPU from like 4-5 years ago and it still can run a lot of new games and thousands of existing games. I'm not going to whine and cry though if it can't run every single game or if it doesn't run every game at high settings.