Yesterday, Genshin Impact developer miHoYo decided to share a bizarre promotion on its Twitter account that would have centered around Tesla CEO Elon Musk. In the game, there's a character named "Ella Musk," and the promotion involved a second Twitter account centered around her character. The official Genshin Impact account announced "incentives" for fans to follow Ella Musk, with different incentives at different tier levels. At 1 million followers, the account would have followed Elon Musk, at 3 million, it would have invited him to stream the game, and at 5 million, the company's CEO would have invited Musk to visit miHoYo's headquarters in China. However, after fans quickly denounced the promotion on social media, miHoYo deleted the Tweet.
Despite the promotion's cancellation, Elon Musk Tweeted that he "can't wait to be in Genshin Impact." It's unclear if that might still lead to the CEO getting a guest appearance in the game, or if miHoYo will leave this one alone. After the public backlash following the one-year anniversary event for Genshin Impact, it's hard to blame the developer for avoiding any more confrontations with its fan base!
Keep reading to see what fans think of Genshin Impact's cancelled Elon Musk event!
Fans definitely weren't feeling this one!
Random doesn't begin to describe it.
A lot of people just don't care for Elonk Musk.
Makes less sense than Aloy.
It's been a weird few weeks for the game.
Not a lot of love for the promotion!
Some fans were into it, though.