The rp format might be a small factor, too. We've had someone ask us why this game isn't in prose and why it doesn't have a social network setting (voice/video chat), lol! Obviously our answer was "because there already are games like that".

Konami hasn't announced anything about it. ;; That's why I hope the possibility of it will be enough to reignite the passion in the fandom, and maybe even think "Hey, I really love the characters of Suikoden! I want to RP them in a Suikoden setting with other Suikoden characters and see what happens!"