Rumor: Microsoft considering a smaller, cheaper digital-only Xbox to compete with the Apple TV

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ZhugeEX said:

UshiotheOmega said:

Apple TV will be 9 years old in 9 days and has shipped 25 million that's how tiny the set top box/micro console market is.  There is a reason Apple calls it a hobby since it's just the circuit board from an ipod in a plastic case it's cheap as chips to make.

 

You're making the classic mistake of dividing sales by years. For example did you know that 13 million of those units were sold in 2013 and 2014. 

Yep, in May 2013 it was reported that Apple TV had sold 13 million with about half in the past year so we can assume around 6 million at the beginning of 2012, then in January 2015 it was reported that Apple TV had sold 25 million. So Apple TV had sold close to 20 million in just 2012-2014, lifetime numbers are probably over 30 million by now.