Leave it to Capcom’s loot-hoarding franchise Monster Hunter to generate an uptick in Xbox 360 hardware sales in Japan. Sales tracking firm Media Create reports that Microsoft managed to shift 17,370 units last week. Granted, the slimmed-down 360 hardware revision was released during the same timeframe, so perhaps not all credit can be given to Capcom for swooning Japanese gamers.

The title, Monster Hunter Frontier Online, has shifted 92,807 copies since its June 24 debut. Not exactly as shocking as the numbers that offline-only installments of the franchise pushed back on PSP. At the same time, it’s still nothing to scoff at. There’s no word on when the title will ignite obsessive tendencies elsewhere across the globe yet.

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