They certainly do have a place. Are you done yelling at the clouds, yet?
MJ fiends on these types of games, even.
What place do they have, exactly?
You can make an argument for old school tactical/strategy games because the mathematical or logisitical underpinnings on which they're based haven't degraded due to time and technological advancement in the industry. Like chess, they never get old. These old school dungeon crawlers fall in line with outdated first-person shooters and racers, genres that have evolved in every single way from their humble beginnings.