Bad news for those of you looking to get your hands on a pre-order of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset. A representative from Oculus VR recently confirmed that the company has had to stop selling its headsets in China due to an undisclosed amount of reselling.

Some of those pre-ordering the developer edition of the virtual reality headset in China are apparently not actually looking to develop anything on the headsets. Nor are they even interested in getting a first look at the virtual-reality capabilities of the $350 development kit. They're scalping, plain and simple, to take advantage of what appears to be a hefty amount of demand for the device.

"Yes, it is a bummer that we've had to suspend sales in China due to extreme reseller purchases. We need to make sure that we are doing what we can to make sure that resellers that are looking to flip our product for a profit are not taking stock away from legitimate developer purchases globally. Our product, in its current form, is a developer kit, meant for developers that develop VR content," wrote an Oculus customer service representative in a comment posted to Reddit.

A few days ago, Facebook-owned Oculus VR indicated that pre-orders for its "Development Kit 2" (DK2) version of the Oculus had reached 45,000. Add that to the 60,000 or so sales of its "Development Kit 1" version of the headset, and you have quite a good amount of demand for what amounts to a preview edition of its final product. However, the demand has caused some shipping delays: According to Gamasutra, Oculus will only be able to ship around 10,000 or so of the "Development Kit 2" pre-orders by the end of this month. The rest will get shipped in subsequent weeks.

So, it makes sense that Oculus is looking to stop those who are simply pre-ordering the Oculus Rift to make a quick buck  they're taking away from the ability of interested developers to get their hands on the product in a timely fashion. As for China's cancellations, the Oculus representative indicated that all China orders aren't cancelled. The company will be investigating an "alternative sales process" to figure out how to best get its headsets into eager developers' hands.

Oculus hasn't indicated just how much scalping it believes is going on in the country, nor just how much that scalping made it more difficult for others to get access to pre-ordered Oculus Rift headsets.

"We were forced to suspend an entire country from purchasing. I'll let you put 2 and 2 together," the representative wrote.

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