There was Revelations which already tried going back to the survival horror roots, and was mostly successful in that regard until it nearly became a shooter during the last 3 chapters until the final stage.
Also, they said the same things before RE6 came out.
Not believing till I see it.
Anyways if they want to keep the action just leave it for Mercenaries mode, it was the best part of RE6 and was one of the best things in RE5.