Lords of Shadow 2 came off as a disappointment to many and underperformed critically. It also sold less than Lords of Shadow. In Konami's terms, that qualifies as a "relative failure".
You didn't say
"Lords of shadow 2 was a relative failure." You said
"MercurySteam's reboot was a relative failure."Don't know if it was a mistake on your part or if you're being deceiving on purpose.
IMO, re-releasing older games on Virtual Console and PSN doesn't really count as "keeping the series alive"
What does it mean to
'Keep a series alive' if releasing new titles consistently and re-releasing older ones does't count?
Don't just dismiss re-releases as unimportant. It shows Konami still cares about the franchise. Keeping all titles stuck in their original devices doesn't make money and certainly doesn't make people more interested in the series. Not everyone played Circle of the Moon back in 2001.
"Konami and Capcom keep re-releasing classic Metroid and Mega Man titles on newer platforms, for example. I wouldn't exactly describe either franchise as "alive".
They haven't had a major release in years. We got a new Castlevania last year, Japan a few months ago, like i said previously.
In your first post you said Konami does't feel like keeping the series alive despite all the evidence to the contrary, that includes re-releases, new games every other year and big numbers as far as sales. So i ask you, What could Konami do to keep the series alive that they aren't already doing?