Long before GTA 6, Rockstar turned a Clair Obscur Expedition 33-sized budget into $600 million

GamesRadar uses GTA: San Andreas as a historical comparison for the rising cost and complexity of major game development. The feature cites old reporting of a production budget near $10 million and more than 12 million copies sold, then uses an assumed $50 price to illustrate a possible gross-sales figure around $600 million. That illustrative multiplication is not verified net revenue or Rockstar's profit.

The comparison helps explain why modern blockbuster games attract intense budget scrutiny, but it cannot prove any particular GTA VI production cost. Development spending, marketing, retailer shares and lifetime sales are different measures. Treating the historical estimates with those caveats makes the financial discussion more informative than simply comparing two striking headline numbers.