I think it very much depends on what market you're looking at. Often times on designs I've worked on there's a whole pile of logic gates and other simple discr

I think it very much depends on what market you're looking at. Often times on designs I've worked on there's a whole pile of logic gates and other simple discrete circuits which help to do housekeeping type tasks, like synchronizing power-up/down or reset circuits. Often the specialized sequencer chips are VERY expensive so a handful of discrete logic gets thrown at the problem. If you could replace a square inch of discrete logic which handles power-up/down and resets with a $0.50 FPGA you can program such that you can even better control your design and even maybe match better what the power-up/down or reset sequence should be, that's going to be an interesting thing to watch in the market.