Yeah, it might. With PS1 and PS2, I always avoided buying an import because you don't have a warranty, and even if you did, you're running it off of a step-down transformer which would void the warranty anyway. New consoles of all denominations have a tendency to require muchos RMA'ing, and while I'm not one of those complaining about the price of a PS3, I'd not want to bin it after a few months and buy another.