Yes. I have all the games nominated and its between Skyrim and Batman. No other game has this much content and bang for there buck then Skyrim. How many of you have more than 100 hours in this game? I think that question alone answers who the winner is.

Regarding the "quantity" vs "quality" debate, I'll chime in and use a simple anology to passive media (ie. television shows/movies):

If I had to rate on that basis (quantity vs quality), if the choice was between a twelve to twenty hour epically produced miniseries with high production values whose quality I may rate at 92% vs a two-and-a-half hour epic movie that I would rate quality wise at 98%....

my overall rating would be higher for the miniseries. By it's very nature, it kept me engaged and entertained for an extended time period that supersedes the shorter term of engagement for the movie even if I considered the "quality" of the movie slightly better.

Just like a long 800-1200 page novel that keeps me engaged with a high level of investment of interest will always be considered a higher satisfaction level than a 250 page novella that may be considered a few percentage points higher in actual "quality" of writing.

Do I like both? Absolutely.
Do they both have value to me? Absolutely.
Is my overall satisfaction and enjoyment with the lengthier investment of time usually usually much more significant than a shorter term investment with something that may be slightly higher quality? Absolutely!

This so much.

OP's logic -go to Skyrim forums and ask in a condescending tone does Skyrim deserve GOTY knowing full well it will start a flame war congrats OP you'll get six pages of flames!

lol who cares every big game title gets a game of the year award. that award is just....nothing at all.

I could care less about GOTY.

I agree.. these posts are being put on just to start a war, just like the typical weekly (if not daily) PC vs. Console wars - it's getting so, so boring..

It's my game of the next year because with the toolset coming out in January it's definitely going to be the game I play the most in 2012.

The game is for todays standard a very good game and definately the best I have played this year and possibly the best since Morrowind.

Quality over quantity. Skyrim is a good game, but doesn't live up to its full potential. It had the ability to be GOTY and destroy any other game for the title. A mix of bad design choices, bugs/glitches, and underwhelming short quest lines brought it down quite a few pegs. I don't think it deserves GOTY based of the shear scope of the game.

There's a saying: Quantity has a quality all its own.

At 140 hours, I still feel as if I'm just getting my feet wet with this game. Were there other brilliant games this year? Absolutely--Arkham City and Portal 2 were my other favorites. But Skyrim is simply overwhelming. It is my GOTY.

Yes it should, for if nothing else, I'd wager the vast majority of people playing this have put in more time on here than most of the other games they have bought this year, including online MP games.

Amazing game and yes I would give it game of the year, there is nothing that comes close to it. But it is flawed, Bethesda seem to have sacrificed gameplay for visuality.
Morrowind in my opinion was and still is the best TES game by a mile. The depth of it was remarkable.

Portal 2 comes close.

DXHR was good, but too depressing/monotonous.

I can't comment on Witcher 2 as I haven't tried it.

So this is definitely goty for me, because I can't think of anything better/more enjoyable this year. If mass effect 3 was this year, then things would be different.

LOL! I have the same feeling still at 234 hours XD
I do, though, feel a little bit that the I have pushed it a bit to far - but every time I start the game; heaven is open again.

It deserves it, but the bugs do level the playing field.

Skyrim totally deserves GOTY. The majority has decided.

These threads are getting boring.