Following the announcement of Resident Evil 5: The Alternative Edition by Capcom Japan at the 2009 Tokyo Game Show, Capcom’s North American and European community sites decided to post polls and determine how fans in the pan-western regions would like the new Resident Evil 5 content delivered to them.

The surveys asked the Capcom community to state their preference- either a hard disc with the new content included or as downloadable content.

Based on the results of the polls, Capcom has decided that new downloadable content will be available for Resident Evil 5 owners this spring via XBOX Live and PlayStation Network. So it looks like you are SOL if you were looking forward to having a disc to call your own.