You can see it in this way, sure, but, in my opinion, players, who wishes, deserve ending, where V lives, albeit with sacrifices of sort.And that had a lot of sense if the main story would be about V. But I'd like to remind you that V died at the end of Act 1. Like it or not, but we (players) are playing for a resurrected body shared by two deadmen brains.
Ironically, people are complaining about a lack of choice in multiple quests. However, when they have been given a choice, they would like not to choose.