If it is a Netflix present launched post-2018 or so, you’ll be able to in all probability wager on it being cancelled, and that is simply what has occurred to Resident Evil.

Another day, one other headline that reads ‘Netflix cancels insert present you in all probability like right here,’ this time that individual present being Resident Evil. As reported by Deadline, Netflix has determined towards renewing the present for a second season, solely a month and a half after it was launched on July 14.

As famous by Deadline, the present did not have a very sturdy displaying in Netflix’s high 10, and factors out that Netflix determines if it renews a present based mostly on price vs. viewing. But as at all times, how many individuals truly watched the present is a whole thriller, as Netflix, like primarily all streaming providers, do not launch viewing numbers in any respect, not even giving them to showrunners.

The present did hit the second spot within the high 10 itemizing, with round 72.2 million hours considered in its opening weekend, a bizarre and arbitrary quantity to measure something by, however it was the second and third weeks which did not convey in additional viewers that put the bullet within the head for the present by the sounds of issues.

However, Resident Evil is not the one online game adaptation Netflix has or is even engaged on. Earlier this yr an animated adaptation of Cuphead was launched, only recently receiving a contemporary batch of episodes. Though it must be famous that this does not seem like a whole new season, as an artist that beforehand labored on the present famous earlier this yr that all of the episodes had been made as a single season.

Netflix is additionally engaged on an adaptation of Horizon Zero Dawn, with rival streaming service Amazon Prime engaged on one other PlayStation owned venture, God of War.