The problem with calendar year is obviously that a) most games come out in the last 3 months of the year which doesn't leave a lot of time for people to play them before Dec 31st even if they are buying stuff on release, and b) outside gamepass, playing new games on release is an increasingly niche activity anyway given that everyone has backlogs and almost everything that's £60-70 in Q4 will be £30 within 6 months and £20 within 12 months.
So polling a month or two into the new year just feels too soon. Maybe polling the best games of 2021 in November 2022 would make more sense. Or even polling the best games of 2020 in November 2022.
― JimD, Friday, 21 January 2022 14:06 (two years ago) link