What you and I think doesn't matter. Skyrim is critically acclaimed with millions of satisfied customers. That's not a failure on ANY objective scale.
There's nothing objective about it. The quality of a video game is 100% subjective, based on the experience and preferences of the player. What you and I think are the
only things that matter. People aren't voting for goty based on technical measurements of the game data, and never, ever will. They vote based on "yay more fun."
That's all there is to it. Skyrim is a flop, in a lot of ways,
in my opinion. My opinion is just as valid as the opinion of anyone else that voted in that contest, and that contest is what this thread is all about. If more people agreed with you than agreed with me, then maybe Skyrim would have won that contest and we wouldn't even be having this conversation.