I bought my license through CGRiver, which is actually labeled as CGWorld on that page. It's definitely a valid license, just took a little bit of time (a day maybe?) for the Pixologic team to approve my purchase and send me the install file and license number. edit: Oh and I forgot to mention, right after the payment went…
I bought ZBrush directly from Pixologic, but with a huge student discount price. I believe I had purchased it for $350-400. It was so long ago that unfortunately I cannot recall! However it does come with free upgrades. I would email customer support and ask.
So far I can pretty much confirm what EricHall said. It took about a day and a half before I could actually download it and as far as I could tell I was still mostly dealing with Pixologic. So far so good. If I ever have any issues I'll revisit this thread.
I would like to reconfirm what others have already said. CGriver is legit. Picked up a copy of Zbrush 4r7 on sale on their website. Took about 28 Hours until I heard from Pixologic on my serial key and download link. Highly recommend CGriver again to anyone who sees a sale on their website. It was a pleasant experience.
Its probably just them using the usual model for distibution; retailers sell the product cheaper than the "manufacturer"(developer, in this case). To answer your question directly though, I bought my license for zbrush 4 from Novedge and have been able to get every update Pixologic has released since so you ought not worry…
I'm looking to bite the bullet on Zbrush and I noticed that the price for a commercial license is about $150 cheaper on a bunch of their listed retailer's sites. I was just curious if anybody had any insight as to why that is. Do you still get all the benefits such as free upgrades from Pixologic? I can't see any…
At first I was skeptical at using a 3rd party to make a purchase but I highly recommend Novedge. I've been using them for a few years now and have bought multiple copies of Zbrush and other software from them. They're quick and hassle free. Even though the purchase is made through Novedge the serial number, install files…