


Although the player can choose to make any safehouse a "home base" during various chapters of the game, the game storyline will generally place these save points as key "home base" locations, particularly the Johnson House, Doherty Garage and the Abandoned AC Tower.

These may or may not be inside an enclosed structure, and most consist of no more than a save icon and, in three cases, a usable garage. All are free of charge with one exception. The next main entry in the series, Grand Theft Auto IV, was released in April 2008.There are eight main save points and safehouses that are made available to Carl as he completes missions in the game's story. San Andreas has been ported to various other platforms and services, such as OS X, Xbox Live, PlayStation Network and mobile devices (iOS, Android, Windows Phone and Fire OS). In June 2018, the game was added to the Xbox One Backward Compatible library. A high-definition remastered version of the game was released for both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in 2015. In particular, a player-made software patch, dubbed the “Hot Coffee mod”, unlocked a previously hidden sexual scene. The game’s violence and sexual content was the source of much public concern and controversy.

Like its predecessors, San Andreas is cited as a landmark in video games for its far-reaching influence within the industry. It was the best-selling video game of 2004, and with over 27.5 million copies sold worldwide as of 2011, it is the best-selling PlayStation 2 game and one of best-selling video games of all time. Considered by many reviewers to be one of the greatest video games ever made, San Andreas received critical acclaim upon release, with praise directed at its music, story and gameplay, and criticism for its graphics and some aspects of its controls.
