Picking the best games of the year always boils down to opinion, which always leads to dissension over subjectivity and bias. So, while Kotaku‘s staffers rallied around Portal 2 as the site’s GOTY, readers held their own damn awards and anointed Skyrim as their standout title for 2011.
https://kotaku.com/portal-2-takes-kotakus-2011-game-of-the-year-award-for-5872357
Gamefly subscribers, however, came down differently than either one of those groups. The video game rental service aggregated data from its GameQs—users’ queues of most-wanted releases—to generate Top 10 lists across various platforms.
The results? Batman: Arkham City placed high on every platform it was available for, landing at #1 for cross-platform and Xbox 360 and at #2 for PS3. Surprising no one, Uncharted 3 won out on PS3 and Super Mario 3D Land took the top spot on 3DS. The full lists follow below.
Cross-platform:
1. Batman: Arkham City
2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
3. Dead Island
4. Battlefield 3
5. Assassin’s Creed Revelations
6. Saints Row: The Third
7. Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
8. Rage
9. Madden NFL 12
10. Gears of War 3
Xbox 360:
1. Batman: Arkham City
2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
3. Dead Island
4. Gears of War 3
5. Battlefield 3
6. Assassin’s Creed Revelations
7. Saints Row: The Third
8. Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
9. Rage
10. Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
PS3:
1. Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
2. Batman: Arkham City
3. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
4. Battlefield 3
5. Dead Island
6. Assassin’s Creed Revelations
7. Saints Row: The Third
8. Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
9. Resistance 3
10. Rage
Wii:
1. Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
2. Donkey Kong Country Returns
3. Super Mario Galaxy 2
4. Kirby’s Return to Dreamland
5. Just Dance 3
6. Mario Sports Mix
7. Disney Epic Mickey
8. New Super Mario Bros. Wii
9. Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games
10. Super Smash Bros. Brawl
3DS:
1. Super Mario 3D Land
2. Mario Kart 7
3. Sonic Generations
4. Star Fox 64 3D
5. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
6. Pokemon Rumble Blast
7. Cave Story 3D
8. Pilotwings Resort
9. Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition
10. Harvest Moon: Tale of Two Towns
DS:
1. New Super Mario Bros.
2. Pokemon White
3. Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story
4. Kirby Mass Attack
5. Pokemon Black
6. Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
7. Yoshi’s Island DS
8. Mario Kart DS
9. LEGO Battles: Ninjago
10. Smurfs
