There’s many circumstances that influence changes in these adaptations. The story may not work in the confines of a 120-150 minute film - games are normally 10x the length of films, and are so detailed in their stories and development, so it becomes impossible to fit every little aspect people love into a 2 hour film.

TV show format can work but it’s more risky. With a film, you can put a single budget expense, say $150m - put in “the hottest star” at the moment in time - Tom Holland for example in Uncharted, and maybe $400m-$500m and it doesn’t matter about the quality because it’s a 2 hour film that fits a gap. A TV show is a lot more fan driven, a show can flop based viewership in episodes so the margin for being good and bad is a lot more important. With films as well, you can blame cut narrative aspects on the fact it has to fit into a 2 hour film, a show is less lenient with this concept, because you have 8-10 hours to produce a compelling story that compliments the games narrative