How much longer will analog sticks be relevent in gaming?

[Bodhesatva]

Several online dictionaries, including Merriam-Webster, the Free Online Dictionary and Answers.com, define the slang term "hardcore" as "stubbornly resistant to change or improvement." Honestly, given how fed up I am with the varied descrimatory uses of this word that have recently been bandied about, this is my favorite definition available. 

I think many people will resist any significant changes to gaming, no matter how clear it is that those changes are popular with everyone outside the core; no matter how precise the controls, or how improved in any fashion they may be.  This is a supreme example of that, I believe.