Of all the criticisms I've seen of the Switch, this is one of the criticisms I don't really get. 

I mean I can get paid internet being controversial, that the game lineup isn't as top heavy as a Rob Liefeld character, or that the Switch isn't running 4K, even if just minutely. But being mad Nintendo isn't selling at a loss seems....manufactured. 

Like complaining the Switch can't cook pop-tarts or something. 

So you like when you as the consumer get a worse deal than you could've had?

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We know for a fact they're not selling at a loss? By how much, if I may ask?

i havent personally seen anybody say that but ya thats a dumb complaint

Yeah, I haven't really seen this one much, but....well, 99% of things aren't sold at a loss. So it is definitely silly. That defeats the purpose of selling. Some companies will sell things at a loss to undercut competition, hock a new technology, or to quickly gain user base with the intent of making money in other areas. But companies that do this usually have a variety of other very profitable businesses to fall back on, especially if the thing being sold at a loss flops hard.

Nintendo, being primarily a game company with few other businesses, isn't one of those companies.

Do we even know if PS4 and Xbox One are being sold at a loss right now?

To agree with what you are saying we have to first assume they aren't making a heavy profit selling as is right now. That if they dropped the price by just $1 from their $299 price point they would be selling at a loss.

You don't know that, we don't know that and I doubt anyone has said nintendo should sell at a loss.

What people have said though, is that they don't see why it costs $299. So in other words it should be cheaper.

I like it when companies make enough money to give me more games.

It just means Nintendo does not care too much about having a big early install base. They have faith that future pricecuts will properly boost the consoles sales when the time comes. Which one might infer means they will happily take the money from early hardcore buyers and might not have too much software early in the consoles life that needs full support to be profitable.

How can anyone understand something this wrong...

People aren't wanting Nintendo to sell Switch as loss. People think Nintendo is going to make a pretty sizeable profit with the current price.

Funny, PS2/XB, PS3/360.... were all sold at an initial loss....... yet the all gave more games than nintendo. Go figure.....

Lets not forget that ideally, these consoles primary way of making money is from selling games.