The complaint to me thagt people sly Nintendo for GOTY has an element of truth however they need to acknowledge something , Nintendo games that are sequels don't bring much to the table , THey aren't fresh experiences or massive leaps in quality over the predecessor or offer something new to the gaming genre alot hence not winning MASS GOTY among critics, and the problems lie theres Ninty does alot of sequels
Bayonetta 2 - great game but really just an improved sequel , still has weakness in graphical fidelity and story in comparison to the competition losing DA; I which is a massive leap in quality from its predecessors , offers much more top do , better story telling , better characters and just generally excellent
SM3DW - Awesome game , but its predeccessors SMG1 and SMG2 are much better
and a host of others some zelda games you catch my drift
now lets look at ninty games and other games that get Goty ,alot of them do things not done before , much better
OOT - changed the gaming industry
SMG - amazing
GTA V & Skyrim - the general things that can be done in the game isnt matched
TLOU - considered to have one of the best stories in modern gaming ,well done characters with 8.5- 9/10 gameplay plus 10/10 graphics ( for ps3 that is )
Halo - changed the fps genre on console
LBP - content creation
COD 4 - changed fps
also racing games , fighters , and sexualized action games aren't what mainstream media usually chooses , RPGs , Open World and Shooters are generally more favoured
