Problem one: A mouse still offers more granularity than your finger

Problem two: Starcraft is not the best "quick game for a fun little diversion". Maybe I've got the wrong idea here, but IMO RTS is the Monopoly of video games, and I don't play Monopoly on the bus.

I'll grant you point one, but I can't agree with number two.

We used to play Starcraft as our after lunch activity in the reddit office. It was a great quick diversion.

Office activities are a tad different from casual sidebars in day-to-day life. You don't always know how long you will be free.

Don't say that, Monopoly is a terrible game :(.

But I get your point.

Age of Empires is the Monopoly of RTS in the sense that a single match can last for hours and hours.

In Starcraft most matches are decided in 15 minutes. That's one of the reasons for its success.