Elon Musk is known as one of the most popular and wealthy individuals in the world with his status as CEO of Tesla and SpaceX and many other major business ventures leading to Elon Musk having a massive Twitter following of 23 million followers. Known to have a good laugh through the use of his Twitter account, Elon Musk can regularly be found posting comical tweets that soon become viral. This was the case on Friday, October 19th when the businessman posted a photo showing an article that stated he had bought Fortnite and deleted it.

"Had to be done ur welcome," stated Elon Musk in his Tweet of the comical article headline that stated "Elon Musk buys Fortnite and deletes it".

Had to been done ur welcome pic.twitter.com/7jT0f9lqIS — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 19, 2018

With over 58,000 retweets and 148,000 likes at the time of writing, the proclamation by Elon Musk that he had bought and deleted Fortnite has quickly made its way around the world of Twitter and other social media platforms. With Fortnite Battle Royale rising to become a cultural phenomena in the past year, there are plenty of people who would be very happy to see the businessman buy and delete Fortnite, as they are tired of hearing about the title from Epic Games. There would also be a very large majority of fans who would be devastated if Elon Musk had bought and deleted Fortnite.

However, unless Elon Musk and Epic Games have proceeded to go through with a blockbuster deal that would send shock waves throughout the video game industry, fans of the title do not have to be afraid at the idea that the high profile individual had bought and deleted the massively popular battle royale game.

Stating that he had bought and deleted Fortnite is not the first time that Elon Musk has been at the center of attention for the game's community, as the Tesla and SpaceX CEO recently engaged in a Twitter conversation with FaZe Clan professional player Turner "Tfue" Tenney regarding playing Fortnite in a Tesla and much more.

While the viral Tweet from the Twitter of Elon Musk jokingly confirming the headline of "Elon Musk buys Fortnite and deletes it" provided plenty of laughs in the video game world, it does raise an interesting question of what would actually happen if Elon Musk had in fact bought and deleted Fortnite. One of the world's most popular and wealthiest individuals deleting one of the most popular titles in the world would indeed be one crazy story to see unfold.

(cover photo courtesy of CNBC)