Maybe, but there are many examples where the superior technology simply lost. The current reality is that DRK has over 7x the capitalization and 20x the volume. So unless the message of the superior XMR privacy technology gets out it could be to late. The reality is that XMR has many advantages over DRK including:
DRK has 2 advantages well 3 really.
Ease of use
Kewl Name
Large Base for the above reasons
Darkcoin's name is a liability. Corporate America is all about political correctness and building the right image. Inclusive, clean, trustworthy, family friendly, etc.
"Darkcoin" is not a name that sounds like it would be associated with those qualities.
Darkcoin's two current advantages compared to Monero are:
1) Ease of use, for both users and developers. DRK developers can easily clone bitcoin tools. Exchanges and other services can easily add DRK whereas XMR needs much more effort.
This is also a disadvantage because DRK has also inherited bitcoin's issues such as a non-adapting block size.
2) Superior Liquidity