No other new release sold more than 100,000 units during the month, he said.

Sony announced earlier this month that The Last of Us had . Sales of that level make the game the fastest selling new software franchise in the history of PlayStation and the fastest selling PS3 title of 2013 thus far.

Creutz's note to investors comes two days before the NPD Group releases sales data for June. The analyst predicted total software sales will slide 23 percent for the month. All major publishers will post negative comparable figures for the month, he said, including Activision Blizzard (-42 percent), Electronic Arts (-26 percent), and Take-Two (-41 percent).

These double-digit declines will continue through July, before turning positive beginning in August thanks to the early release of (October 29).

"We are getting increasingly positive on the potential for software sales to finish the year in positive territory due to obviously robust demand for next-gen consoles and what should be robust initial software attach rates, as well as the potential for Nintendo's comps to get 'less bad' due to a torrent of product coming out between August and December," Creutz said.