No... I don't know why the showing of views would be disabled- I didn't see any options that control this...
In the code change:
Code:
<vb:if condition="$show['views']">
to
Code:
<vb:if condition="1">
and that should force the views to show.
There is an option in Admin CP -> Settings -> Options -> Attachment Options that lets you decide if views are updated immediately or the default once per hour to reduce load on the server.