I suspect SS will still not become GOTY.
Mario Galaxy 2 received the highest avarage score of all games in 2010. It is even on number 2 on the Best of all Time list on gamerankings.com , based on a lot of reviews.
But still Red Dead Redemption won the award. How is this possible?
Simple: because most game reviewers and people who decide who wins such an award are idiots who don't know how to recognise a good game. Its true. Most of them are just graphic junkies. I can already see some of the SS reviews to come when the game is out.
Score: 9/10
cons: no good graphics, no voice acting, no blood.
While gamedevelopers like the ones from Call of Duty, receive rewards, while they are just re-releasing the same shooter game every year only then with enhanced graphics and some new options. The gaming world is generally a blind one.
GOTY has never been won by actual good gameplay, face it.