Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas takes place in 1992 within the fictional US state of San Andreas  based upon sections of California and Nevada as seen in the early 1990s  which consists of three main cities: Los Santos, San Fierro, and Las Venturas, which are based on Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Las Vegas, ...

San Andreas is a fictional state within the game, and its cities, including Los Santos, San Fierro, and Las Venturas, were created by the game developers based on real-life cities in the state of California, such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Las Vegas.

Sales and revenue\n\n According to preliminary sales figures from Activision, Modern Warfare 2 sold approximately 4.7 million units in the United States and the UK combined in the first 24 hours of its release.

The game earned US$800 million in revenue in its first three days of release, and US$1 billion within 10 days, surpassing the series previous record-holders, 2011's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and 2012's Black Ops II. It was the best-selling game of the US in 2024.