I don’t think developing and selling a whole hardware device is quite so trivial, but I also doubt that it would mean they don’t mind taking losses on it. This is not a new market that would be worth risking a loss to get a headstart, people could even get the same experience with… a tablet and a split controller, which has a lot more functionality.

I don’t know what’s your point with “they don’t care if you buy it”. Of course they don’t have a department keeping track of one single guy. Sounds like you are taking criticism of this device personally.