Kantor on 24 April 2009
Sony didn't want to be first, to begin with.
They wanted to get a slow start, get a small userbase, and then cut costs and reduce the price. There are a few things, however, that they did not foresee:
1) The Wii was popular
2) Microsoft was WAY richer than them
3) The financial crisis.
(Former) Lead Moderator and (Eternal) VGC Detective 
