Elon Musk says he could not play GTA V as he didn't want to shoot police officers in the opening scene

Elon Musk reacted to the GTA VI trailer and said that he tried playing GTA V once but that involved shooting police officers in the opening scene. He added that he didn't want to commit a virtual crime.

In Short

• Elon Musk reveals on Twitter he couldn't play GTA V
• This is due to its crime-oriented gameplay.
• Musk's love for gaming is quite known.

It is no secret that Elon Musk is a passionate gamer. The tech mogul has often talked about his love for gaming on social media and recently even livestreamed some of his gaming sessions on X. But Musk has never played is Rockstar Games' GTA games. The tech mogul, in a tweet, said that he tried playing GTA V once but couldn't do so as it involved crime. And Musk didn't want to commit any "virtual crimes."

Elon Musk on GTA V

A Twitter (now called X) user wrote on the platform that he has never played a GTA game. Responding to this, Musk said that he tried playing GTA V once but couldn't since the first scene of the game invovles shooting down some police officers and he just couldn't do it.

"Tried, but didn’t like doing crime. GTA5 required shooting police officers in the opening scene. Just couldn’t do it," Musk wrote in response to the tweet.

Various users have responded to Musk's statements. While some are saying that GTA is "just a video game," others are saying that Musk is "such a good guy."

Musk’s love for gaming

In May this year, Musk was in the limelight for showing off his build for popular open-world fantasy game Elden Ring. The game, developed by FromSoftware Inc, gained immense popularity last year and was one of the best games to have released in 2022. Anyone who has played Souls games knows how challenging they can be. And Elden Ring was released for those who were looking forward to starting playing Souls games. Yet, many players found the game to be quite a force to reckon with.

Musk, at level 111, proudly posted his character build on Twitter. However, Souls games veterans criticised the nature of his build and called it inefficient. Nevertheless, one thing is clear - Musk loves gaming.

On a related note, Musk's love for gaming is also discussed at length in his biography penned by Walter Isaacson. The book mentions how Musk taught himself programming using Pascal and Turbo C++. When he was 13, he created a video game called Blastar that involved destroying an alien space freighter carrying deadly hydrogen bombs and status beam machines. Musk sold this video game to a magazine and was paid USD 500.

After this, the 13-year-old Musk sold two more video games to the magazine. While one game was similar to Donkey Kong (popular arcade game that gained immense popularity in the 90s), another was a roulette and blackjack stimulator.

The book also revealed that on a holiday, Musk once figured out how to hack all games in a mall and he and his cousins enjoyed playing games for free without needing coins.

Published By:
Divyanshi Sharma
Published On:
Dec 6, 2023