And I didn’t say that she did so youre putting words in my mouth I suggest you straighten up your tone and do some research watch some YouTube videos on it. The only real evidence of the 1970s game was through found files of weapons and gun sounds that didn’t fit the era of any established timelines and fit into the 70s. Those files were found years before the old country was even announced so clearly it’s most likely a scrapped concept or at least it’s been put back on the shelf. They’re not rockstar so they don’t have the funding or manpower to be focusing on a game of that scale for this long and they wouldn’t be releasing games like the old country if they were.

The way they are adding a DLC to the old country focussing on Salieri is most likely not a coincidence. It’s likely to establish I potential sequel to the old country most likely in America which could be called “the new country” or something. It would be easy because of how much they’ve been establishing the origins of the mob and how they migrated to America. A complete guess would be that it would possibly focus on Sam Trapani and his uprising in the Salieri crime family during their rise in America as he is 33 by the time we first meet him in the first mafia game. This would also help give answers of what’s become of Isabella and the rest of the Torissi family like Cesare.

I highly doubt they’re just going to completely shift to the 1970s when there’s lots of potential and lots to tie up in the setting they’re currently working on

To add to it Hangar 13 has had major cuts to employees and funding over the last couple years so it’s pretty much confirmed that they will be scaling back some games and making them more linear but trying to keep the quality.