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Jaicee said:

A number of the games that won the GOTY vote here on VGC back in the day aren't winning here on these threads. For a comparison...

2007

Original Vote: BioShock
Today: Super Mario Galaxy

2008

Original Vote: LittleBigPlanet
Today: Super Smash Bros. Brawl

2009

Original Vote: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Today: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

2010

Original Vote: Mass Effect 2
Today: Super Mario Galaxy 2

2011

Original Vote: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Today: Dark Souls

2012

Original Vote: Journey
Today: Journey

2013

Original Vote: Super Mario 3D World
Today: The Last of Us

2014

Original Vote: Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Today: Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

2015

Original Vote: Rocket League
Today: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is in the lead.

Out of these nine years represented, the community's vote remains unchanged in only two cases: 2009 and 2012. Generally Nintendo titles are more heavily represented today and two-thirds of the new victors (assuming The Witcher 3's lead holds) are sequels. No games using female-only lead characters won in either community vote for any of those nine years.

The change in the 2013 GOTY selection I would consider an improvement in taste. Most of the rest I'm not so sure about. Just my opinion.

Journey's protagonist could be interpreted however you like (male, female, hermaphrodite like in Left Hand of Darkness, no-sex...) - though I'm not sure why it matters in the first place that no games using female-only lead characters won in either community vote for any of those nine years.