What's funny if you abstract this concept out a bit in becomes "I believe the company would be better off making little to no money on their products."

Joking aside, that sounds like quite the gamble to me. And it doesn't appear to me that Nintendo likes that gamble, as they have been pretty averse to taking losses on hardware in the past.

Not to mention I don't know of too many other console makers that are willing to take losses on the accessories.