Steel Beasts Installers Removed From eSim Games Website

[Rinix]

https://www.esimgames.com/web-shop-announcement/

Dear Steel Beasts Community,

You might have noticed that the eSim Games web shop has been closed for over a week now. The installers for SB Pro PE 4.0, 4.2, and 4.3 have been removed from our downloads page.

We apologize for any inconvenience this causes. The changing geopolitical situation has led us to to reevaluate which features to include in SB Pro PE. This will result in restricting features of less entertainment value.

We are working hard to find a way to do this while minimizing the effect on the Steel Beasts community so we ask for your patience while we go through this difficult process. We anticipate that this could take a few months, but we will announce the reopening of the web shop as soon as we can predict the date with reasonable confidence.

For those who have purchased SB Pro PE but have not yet downloaded and installed it, please contact Sales@eSimGames.com with your purchase order details for a refund.

If you want to be notified of the reopening of the web shop, please visit https://www.esimgames.com/statusemail/ and leave us your email address.

[Rinix]

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So to understand this fully, you want to restrict features that would be present in version 4.3?

Yes. At this point we haven't made a decision. We have ideas of course, but rebalancing a game's design isn't done over night.

A while ago there was some talk about a possible update later this year. Is that still planned?

We had plans for a final 4.3 patch, followed by an upgrade later on bringing new features. But we're back at the drawing board now. We may also see some other changes which shouldn't affect you as customers/fans of SB Pro PE, but nevertheless they'll suck away some of our attention.
I wish I had better news, but sometimes circumstances change and you're in reaction mode for a while to find a new balance.

[Rinix]

Ssnake has stated that reopening the eSim Games web shop could take a few months. You can enter your email address here to be notified when eSim Games reopens its web shop: https://www.esimgames.com/statusemail/

[Rinix]

Ssnake has stated that the eSim Games web shop will be reopened after a new version of Steel Beasts is released.

[Rinix]

Ssnake says that eSim Games aims to preserve simulation fidelity, and they hope to minimize or eliminate the need for changes to missions.

[Attila]

Let see what happening, still now no Insolvence (Bankrupcy) but we never know. We hope every thing goes well 

[Rinix]

More from Ssnake:

At this point we haven't decided yet about the future feature set, and I won't be announcing bits and pieces that may change in later revisions - for, I think, rather obvious reasons. I also don't think that debating the why (IOW, the "driving factors") is going to help anybody because there would be no practical consequences. We've made some strategic decisions and are now working out the details. We didn't take it lightly, and are acutely aware of the resulting discomfort, for which I can but apologize once more.
In summary, I can but ask you to trust me on this, at least until the next version is out and we resume regular business.

I'm terribly sorry, but eSim cannot offer a solution here. I could imagine that someone might upload the installation files somewhere - this is the internet age, after all - but I must also point out that we couldn't tolerate links to such a site in this forum. Obviously there are other places over which we have no control.

[Rinix]

More:

We have no intent in watering down the realism, if that's what you mean.

[Oleg]

I think it is definitely not necessary to remove the 4.379 version distribution. I wouldn't be surprised if a possible condition for using the new version is to remove previous licenses from the USB key.

[Rinix]

From Ssnake:

We'll definitely be very careful, but a number of factors are at play.

[Rinix]

From Ssnake:

That we're not making everything public shouldn't be construed in eSim being dishonest. As far as the reasons for it are concerned, your judgment of our actions is as valid as the underlying assumptions, so, maybe account for potentially huge error bars here.

I understand that this isn't something you celebrate, but at the same time I'd ask you to step back a little and try and see the big picture. We're operating in a sensitive area, so we have to consider a lot of factors. Not disappointing you is an important consideration for us, but our responsibility goes a little beyond that.

Steel Beasts will be back. There'll be some changes, there'll be new features (which, I think, are going to be nice).

I agree with Maj.Hans:

There'll be some changes

That's what we're asking to have explained in more detail...That's all we really are asking for, and the only reason to ask for it is due to the pulling of the current and past several versions.

Just saying, transparency might calm the people.

[Rinix]

More:

Sure. But I can tell you only after I know what actually will be changed. We're looking at different options, and try to figure out the best compromise. I will not give out daily updates when things are subject to change.

[Rinix]

A date is provided by Ssnake:

I think we'll all be wiser by May.

[Rinix]

Progress is being made:

We've had intense discussions, but I think we are now settling on a reasonable compromise. There will be no degradation of the realism.

[Rinix]

From Ssnake:

As soon as we went a bit into beta testing with the latest changes. I'm shooting for a release in May.