There are simply too many variables in play, most of which we have no access to. Yes we know the Xbox One bundle was sold at $329 with the two latest AC games. The question here is how much did Microsoft pay Ubisoft, people need to remember that when you buy from someone in bulk the price is much lower. You think Gamestop pays Ubisoft $60 for AC Unity then sells it back to people for $60? No they buy in bulk for a lower price and sell at a higher price for profit, that's business 101.
We also have no idea how many games/accessories/live subscriptions were purchased over the week of Black Friday. We did get a statement out of them but PR can be misleading, sure maybe they sold more games this November than any month before but was it enough to help cut the losses down to something reasonable? We don't know.
And of course you have all the money they probably spent on advertising over the month of November which once again are details we have no access to. The price of manufacturing the console is supposedly smaller than it was at launch, if that's true that is another variable at play.
For all we know, Microsoft really did lose around $60m in November but that will more than likely be made back by the new year, if it hasn't already been done. And of course, there is a chance that they projected to sell a lot more consoles and they actually lost 100m+ but there simply isn't anyway for us to know and so arguing about it isn't gonna get us anywhere.
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