They could strike lightning in a bottle if the release coincides with the marketing cycle for Nioh 2 and Ghost of Tsushima. I believe that's what they are waiting for.
Thats a world class dumb reason to not do it. In 2019 and after how many movies, animes, books, games, TOURISM can anybody say with a straight face if they are unsure SAMURAIS sell to a western audience.
I mean, in this day and age I can't see how it wouldn't at least interest a small subset of people. I'd totally be down with it getting released. I've played the import, I love the import. That's all there is too it!