2007: Uncharted
2008: Metal Gear Solid 4/Valkyria Chronicles
2009: Uncharted 2
2010: God of War 3/Heavy Rain
2011: Yakuza 4/Uncharted 3/Batman Arkham City/inFamous 2


2007: Uncharted
2008: Metal Gear Solid 4/Valkyria Chronicles
2009: Uncharted 2
2010: God of War 3/Heavy Rain
2011: Yakuza 4/Uncharted 3/Batman Arkham City/inFamous 2


Since I have abso-fucking-lutely nothing to do with my time:
1991: Super Mario World (Super Castlevania IV)
1992: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Kirby's Dream Land)
1993: Sonic CD (Kirby's Adventure)
1994: Super Metroid (Sonic & Knuckles)
1995: Chrono Trigger (Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness)
1996: Metal Slug (Super Mario 64/Crash Bandicoot)
1997: Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back (Lylat Wars)
1998: Metal Slug 2 (Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped)
1999: Metal Slug X (Crash Team Racing)
2000: Metal Slug 3 (Zeus: Master of Olympus)
2001: Grand Theft Auto III (Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy)
2002: Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (Metroid Prime)
2003: Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne (Grand Theft Auto: Vice City)
2004: Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal)
2005: Resident Evil 4 (Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves)
2006: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Guild Wars Nightfall)
2007: World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade (Metroid Prime 3: Corruption)
2008: Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Mario Kart Wii)
2009: Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (N/A)
2010: Donkey Kong Country Returns (Mega Man 10)
2011: Minecraft (Kirby's Return to Dreamland)
Runner-ups are in brackets, if you didn't figure that out.
Also, I (obviously, since I was born in '96) didn't play each one of these in their respective release years. In fact, I played most of these for the very first time less than three years ago.
Wow, some very interesting lists here, I particularly liked the guy who picked Mario Kart Wii for years it wasn't even released in. Not playing along to the rules but made me laugh all the same.
2007 Bioshock
2008 Metal Gear Solid 4
2009 Uncharted 2
2010 tie Mass Effect2/God of War 3
2011 Bamtan Arkham City
Big chance if you look up GOTY threads from 2007 and beyond people answered something else than what they wrote here =p.
2007: God of War II
[runner-up: Uncharted: Drake's Fortune]
2008: Metal Gear Solid 4
[runner-up: Burnout Paradise]
2009: Tales of Vesperia
[runner-up: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves]
2010: God of War III
[runner-up: Final Fantasy XIII and Heavy Rain]
2011: inFamous 2
[runner-up: Portal 2 and Uncharted 3]
note: I didn't include remakes or HD-collections on my list. If I did Tales of the Abyss and Ocarina of Time 3D would be my choices for 2011.
2012 - Top 3 [so far]
#1 #2 #3

2007 - God of War 2
2008 - GTA IV
2009 - Uncharted 2
2010 - Super Mario Galaxy 2
2011 - Uncharted 3
2007: Super Mario Galaxy
2008: Mario Kart Wii
2009: Batman Arkham Asylum
2010: Super Mario Galaxy 2
2011: Batman Arkham City
Variety FTW.

VGChartz
2007 - Uncharted
2008 - MSG4
2009 - Uncharted 2
2010 - Battlefield: BC2
2011 - Battlefield 3 (didn't play Uncharted 3 yet, so this could change)
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Proudest Platinums - BF: Bad Company, Killzone 2 , Battlefield 3 and GTA4
Tough one for a hardcore Halo-fanboy like me!
2007: Halo 3
2008: Gears of War 2
2009: Halo Wars
2010: Halo: Reach
2011: Halo CEA
2012: Halo 4!
Imagine not having GamePass on your console...