According to a Bloomberg article from January 2017 (just before the release of the Switch) concerning Nintendo's yearly earnings report,
> While game consoles are usually sold at a loss early in their life cycles, the Switch will be profitable from the start, Nintendo said.
Link: https://web.archive.org/web/20170131084504/https://www.bloom... (the URL also works without web.archive.org, but the current version contains a paywall)
According to a Bloomberg article from January 2017 (just before the release of the Switch) concerning Nintendo's yearly earnings report,
> While game consoles are usually sold at a loss early in their life cycles, the Switch will be profitable from the start, Nintendo said.
Link: https://web.archive.org/web/20170131084504/https://www.bloom... (the URL also works without web.archive.org, but the current version contains a paywall)