Yeah, and it completely refutes your entire argument.  Ltc was supposed to be asic (and even GPU) resistant, like scrypt-n.  It took it even further though, in that they didn't even want it to be GPU mineable.  Did that kill it?  Nope, 2nd biggest coin now.  Would ltc be better off if it was asic resistant?  Yep.  Dev clearly says so himself.  I don't particularly like scrypt-n, and I don't think it is will prevent asics in the long run, but your assertion that trying to be asics resistant is killing it is completely assinine.