According to U.S. market research published by Parks Associates last summer, Amazon media player products narrowly out-shipped Apple TV (for a 22 vs 20 percent share of the market) in 2015, but that also includes USB sticks, which made up half of the total units. So despite a major price advantage and voice-shouting features, Amazon's Fire TV box performed worse than Apple TV in the U.S., let alone globally.
From the article "Bloomberg Attacks Apple TV As Failing To Be "A Groundbreaking, iPhone-Caliber Product"" by Daniel Eran Dilger.
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