On the website, change.org, a petition was made for Konami to reconsider their decision to cancel the development of the game. The target was 20,000 signatures and as of June 7, 2015, it had received over 170,000 signatures.
An official statement by Konami on April 27, 2015 declared Silent Hills had been cancelled, and that the series itself will continue, but not this game in particular.