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There´s just one thing that the article´s author misses completely and that´s A LOT relevant about the way Tecmo handed the franchise in America: Fatal Frame never sold well here. No Fatal Frame game reached more than 100k sales, way below all the other horror franchises mentioned.
The main reason for not launching those games in the West is purely financial. This is a niche game that couldn´t find a reasonable fan base in the West to keep it financially viable for Tecmo or Nintendo, which actually saved the series from being completely lost after the 3rd game