There is room for all kinds of games.
This medium allows creative freedom. Variety is a very good thing, and developers who want to experiment and try new things should have every right to do so. If someone wants to make an interactive movie, let them. That doesn't mean they're exempt from criticism, not at all. But there is a huge difference between saying 'I don't like this game, I find it incredibly boring' and saying 'these types of games need to die, every time I see someone play these games, I cry a little inside'.
If developers, or indeed anyone, claim that all video games need to follow a certain path or suggest that we need to kill an element of video games, whether it be gameplay or story, then I would find it extremely hard to agree with them. One size does not fit all and both story and gameplay can happily coexist in a game without holding each other back.If a particular game wants to focus on something specific, that's fine too.
I can be playing Heavy Rain one minute, Mario Galaxy straight after, and then play a casual party with some friends later. That's the beauty of video games. Hell, I'm not saying I enjoy them equally, but they all have every right to exist. Nothing needs to get killed off.
Oh, and Journey is more of a game than 90% of games released this year.