On January 26th, the one week Xbox 360 exclusive Resident Evil 5 demo was released to fans in the U.S.  In just three days the demo was downloaded by more than 1.3 million gamers according to a press release issued by Microsoft.

The Resident Evil 5 exclusive demo period has officially ended for the Xbox 360 and it is now also available for the PS3 as well.  During its exclusive time on the Xbox 360 the Resident Evil 5 demo was downloaded by more than 1.8 million gamers.  The demo has also been available in Japan under the title Biohazard 5 and that version has been downloaded by over 53 percent of Xbox Live Gold members in Japan.  Uh, so how many is that again?

Resident Evil 5, the retail version, will be available for both the Xbox 360 and PS3 on March 13th.