---
title: "Elon Musk: If Reality Is a Simulation, “The Plot Is Terrible”"
description: "Speaking to a crowd at E3, Elon Musk said once more that our reality is probably a simulation. But he says the plot could use some improvements."
date: "2019-06-14"
modified: "2019-06-14"
authors:
  - name: "Dan Robitzski"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/danrobitzski"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-reality-simulation-plot-terrible"
categories:
  - "Elon Musk"
  - "Future Society"
  - "The Industrialists"
tags:
  - "e3"
  - "elon musk"
  - "simulation theory"
  - "the digest"
---

# Elon Musk: If Reality Is a Simulation, “The Plot Is Terrible”

![Speaking to a crowd at E3, Elon Musk said once more that our reality is probably a simulation. But he says the plot could use some improvements.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/elon-musk-reality-simulation-plot-terrible.png>)
*\<em\>Image: Warner Bros/Victor Tangermann\</em\>*

## Low-Budget Production

Elon Musk, who has long argued that our universe is [actually a big simulation](<https://futurism.com/are-we-living-in-a-computer-simulation-elon-musk-thinks-so>), has some complaints about the storyline.

"If reality was a video game, the graphics are great, the plot is terrible and the spawn time is really long," Musk said on stage at the gaming conference E3, [per *Engadget*](<https://www.engadget.com/2019/06/13/elon-musk-the-simulation-video-games/>).

Musk, who previously expressed a desire to [escape the simulation](<https://futurism.com/elon-musk-smart-ai-simulation>), didn't clarify what parts of the plot he was talking about — but we're [tempted to agree](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/6-things-elon-musk-furry>) all the same.

## DLC

Musk was on stage talking about how video games helped inspire him to pursue a career in technology, before he returned to the theory that our world is essentially a giant video game and that we're all just game avatars, *Engadget* reports.

"The simulation, The simulation, The simulation. Seems likely," Musk said on stage. "If you assume any greater improvement in video games at all, then one of two things are gonna happen: Civilization will end or games will be so realistic you can't tell the difference between them and reality."

**READ MORE:** [Elon Musk: 'The Simulation, The Simulation, The Simulation'](<https://www.engadget.com/2019/06/13/elon-musk-the-simulation-video-games/>) \[*Engadget*\]

**More on E3:** *[New Tesla Racing Game Uses Car's Actual Steering Wheel and Brakes](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-racing-game-steering-wheel-brakes>)*

## Author
Dan Robitzki is a senior reporter for Futurism, where he likes to cover AI, tech ethics, and medicine. He spends his extra time fencing and streaming games from Los Angeles, California.

### Author social links  
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