Billionaire Elon Musk Reveals Why He Won’t Challenge Xbox, Nintendo and PlayStation on His Own – “All Basically PCs”

Published 08/05/2022, 9:50 AM EDT

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Elon Musk, the man behind the success of multiple companies, has once again given his insight about video games and consoles. The Neuralink owner recently got into a conversation with the “Full Send” crew members, where the trio spoke about multiple things.

While the host tried to talk about various things such as WW3, aliens, strange challenges, and many more, fans fixated their eyes on the gaming part. After all, fans not only know him for being a successful entrepreneur but also to be an avid gamer. 

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Musk started the gaming topic by talking about his company, Neuralink, as he explained how well the company would do if it entered the gaming industry. Later, he stressed insights about consoles, as the host fired some interesting questions at him. 

Elon Musk confirms his thoughts about creating a console brand

Recently, Elon Musk had an insightful conversation with the “Full Send Podcast” group. For those uninitiated, the podcast works under its parent company NELK, which is known for its pranks and blogs. Kyle Forgeard and Jesse Sebastiani, the company’s founders, are two of the most well-known internet celebrities in North America. They started the podcast to invite and talk to famous people, ultimately creating entertaining content. 

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While Kyle spoke to Elon about video games, Aaron Steinberg joined the conversation to ask a few questions. Out of all, Aaron stressed a single question, as its response was much required. “Do you think about making your console”? said Steinberg, looking to get an insightful answer. Musk started the conversation with a “No need for that” and explained why.

He felt that consoles were just a replica of PCs, and so there was no point in starting his console brand.

The Tesla Owner has a massive history with video games! 

Elon Musk is an avid lover of video games as it has been an important part of his life. He started his gaming journey at ten by creating a computer game, Blastaar. Later, Elon sold the game to a computer magazine and made $500 off it.

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Since then, Elon has always spoken highly about video games, as he considers them a special part of their life. Apart from this, fans have constantly spotted gaming tweets from him, as he loves to get into conversation with people in this industry. In fact, he recently got into a conversation with Hideo Kojima and asked him about his favorite games.

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Atharv is an eSports writer at EssentiallySports. Currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Journalism from Mumbai University, Atharv has a keen eye for writing engaging content. He enjoys all kinds of games but thoroughly follows FPS games such as Call of Duty, Apex Legends and Fortnite.
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