[gambiter]

Do Android TV, Fire TV, etc., have a multi-axis, touch remote with Siri (or any spoken) interface built in, and also include an SDK for building apps (including full-blown games) that are universal between the TV and phone/tablet?

I mean, you said it's identical...

[fps]

Both FireTV and Android TV have voice control via their remotes. Both have universal SDKs between TV, Tablet and Phone. Neither have touch enabled remotes or motion sensitive remotes, but both have traditional console game controller accessories and full blown (PS3 quality) gaming hardware. (http://shield.nvidia.com/games/android and http://www.amazon.com/b?node=7031433011) NVidia's Android TV will even play your PC games streaming off your gaming PC.

[rsynnott]

I assume that the AppleTV will also support the various iOS-compatible game controllers which exist.

[benologist]

Fire TV has a bluetooth remote control with voice search, and an app store... and so does Google. Room for improvement but Apple's looks substantially similar to them both. Unless they've arranged a lot more gaming content than the android equivalents it's just going to be another netflix box + itunes, vs netflix + amazon prime, vs netflix + google play movies.

[Pharaoh2]

Yes, Partly (Doesn't have the multi-axis part) and Yes.