Microsoft Mentions The Legend of Zelda in Xbox Live TV Plug

A few days back, the Xbox Facebook page—presumably due to Xbox Live’s ability to view the program—posted a reminder that a “roast” of actor James Franco was going to be airing on Comedy Central, and for whatever reason they saw fit to mention Franco’s apparent love for the Legend of Zelda franchise. According to the page, “James Franco once said that The Legend of Zelda helped him get through some ‘difficult times.’“

As many happily surprised commentors pointed out, it’s a little odd to see an Xbox page posting positive remarks about a competitor’s franchise. It’s possible that Microsoft was looking for a bit of approval from Nintendo and Zelda fans, but even that might even be reading too much into it. If I had to guess, I’d say that Microsoft just wants to entice their fanbase to watch the Franco roast by relating it to video games, plain-and-simple.

Though, as one insightful commentor conjectures, perhaps the entire scenario is just a sneaky way for Valve to announce Half-Life 3.

Here’s a slightly-edited snapshot of the original post:

What do you think the intentions behind this Facebook post were?

PS: You can thank our very own Brian Scheid for the glorious Franco-Link.

Source: Xbox Facebook