There are many other coins that can be mined with ASICs, and then traded, or they might become something in their own right. This is not a one dimensional game.
This is true but those who don't have a mining machine don't have to wait until April, May or June 2014 to buy a SHA or Scrypt mining machine but can do it now in different ways. There are solutions to start mining in few days... I am working on this and will have all ready in about 1-2 weeks, then will share it in a new post :-)