Play it in the chronological release order instead (though you can obviously substitute Yakuza 1 and 2 with the Kiwami games). It'll be a much better experience.

So 1,2,3,4,5,0,6 instead of 0-6?

I've only played 0 and 1. I would not listen to him and I would play 0 first and then 1. Playing it in reverse order would have ruined 0 for me. Play 0 first and then 1. 0 is only $20 and I can tell you right now it felt like I was ripping Sega off.

Yes both 1 and 2 are 50% off! I just bought both and also the season pass for nt dissidia, maxima dlc for world of final fantasy and persona dancing all night edition all 50% off! Edit. Cold steel games you need ps plus for the discount 

I don't have PS+ so maybe that's why it doesn't come up for me.

Yeah, exactly. It's the perfect order to play them (intended order, too), and it will likely make you appreciate 0 all the more.

I'm all for welcoming opposing opinions but when you've only played 2 out of 7 games and say "don't listen to him" regarding which order to paly them in it's kind of hard to take you seriously.

I also would go with Yakuza 0 first.

That's fine but there is a key reason I would play 0 before 1 and 2-7 couldn't possibly change that. 

Now if you have reasons for why the original way is better I'm willing to listen to them. Also almost everyone recommend playing 0 first. From gaming websites to reddit. It's the most common choice. They even did a poll and 0 won with 60% of the votes. Also when you say it's the intended order did you read something straight from dev or are just assuming that's the case because of the order they were released?

Both are amazing, but the timeline... yeah, Yakuza Zero is the first ^^ 1988, Japan.  Then Yakuza1.

I played in the past Y1 and love the series now. But for Newcomer, Yakuza Zero is the best start in my opinion.