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The PlayStation Plus 'free games' service is under fire as Xbox rival Games With Gold steams ahead.

There's a growing frustration with the £40-a-year service that you must pay for if you want to compete online in PS4 games.

Some are starting to argue the recent quality of games available through PS Plus is now not justifying the spend.

And games like Grow Home and Broforce - while cool indie games - are not as good as the blockbuster titles Xbox fans are now enjoying thanks to Backwards Compatibility on the Xbox One Games With Gold service that lets you enjoy classic triple-A hits from the Xbox360's glory days.

Scott Taliford, of What Culture, wants Sony to pull their finger out and promise at least one major blockbuster game every two months.

He said: "It’s hard to really put a finger on why a company in possession of so many incredible titles, don’t roll them out more frequently.

"Microsoft’s answer was to take the plunge on backwards compatibility, ensuring that every majorly released game on 360 architecture is then playable on Xbox One, so even if you aren’t a fan of any supposedly ‘next-gen’ game on the list, there are a couple of older, more well-known titles to prop it up.

"On PS4, that’s just not the case," Continued Tailford.

"Fans aren’t asking for a lot, and if it’s so hard to get publishers to agree to letting their babies go for free in a given month, you meet the consumer in the middle by having one larger title available on a bi-monthly basis instead.

"This way, in theory, the punters get a game they’ve already heard of or want to check out, and if the indies that are coming out end up not being all that great, there’s only one month’s wait before something ‘better’ comes along."

May Growcott, of Wccftech.com, said: "This month’s PlayStation Plus offerings prove Sony have given up even trying with their monthly freebies on PS3 and Vita.

"This latest batch of downloadable goodies for the less recent devices are either older than the service itself or fairly poorly rated."Kyle Hanson, at Attackofthefanboy, said: "This is a very interesting month because it seems like Sony and Microsoft took totally different paths in choosing their free games.

"PlayStation Plus is pretty much all indie titles, with a few standouts among them."

"Xbox Live Games with Gold on the other hand is packed with AAA games, but they’re mostly older ones. In comparison, PS Plus members will be getting a free game on launch day with Broforce.

"Looking more at the age range of the games shows another stark difference, with Xbox Live Games with Gold all being fairly old, but in a sort of middle ground, with all the games being a few years old, but not ridiculously so.

"However, PS Plus is a wide range of ages.

"The older games on PS Plus are worthless without a PS3, while these two Xbox 360 games are, or will be backwards compatible on Xbox One.

"I’ll give the win to Xbox Live myself, though I’m sure many will disagree."