Why Nintendo is losing money on each Wii U launch unit

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Viper1 said:

Train wreck said:
The problem is that the Wii U will lose money indefinitely. Nintendo gave no indication on when the system will not be sold at a loss, which is odd because they were able to project when the 3DS would turn from a loss with a 33% cut to the system, strong yen and all. (actually the yen is little changed from 1 year ago).

Actually, they said they are hoping to go back to hardware profitablity after next fiscal year.  They didn't say exactly when during next the FY though.

And even if they didn't give a time frame, how is that indicative that it will be in perpetual state of loss?

So which is it, during or after next fiscal year..?