How much longer will analog sticks be relevent in gaming?

[Desroko]

cringer8 said:

Desroko said:
Cringer - I agree that the trackball is more precise for small movements, but what if it needs to be used for an action that a stick performed by holding it down? Flicking it repeatedly would be tiresome, adn simply flicking it hard letting momentum take over would ironically be far too imprecise for even large movements.

Actually, that's one of the problems I had with the ball for the first few days, but you'd be surprised how quickly the brain learns when to stop the ball at precisely the correct time. I can now flick that little bastard and land the cursor almost exactly where I need it to end up. With more time, I'm sure it will only get better.

 Hmm, interesting. Like I said elsewhere, I guess it's one of those things you need to experience. I'll look into buying a trackball-mouse and test it out a bit.