I feel you. Thankfully most of my main Xbox circle has come around, and even guys who hate turn based combat have been really enjoying Like a Dragon 7. Another one got into it cause of his wife, now they're going through the whole franchise lol. My best friend is finishing up 7 as well to get up to speed with the two new games.
During the story trailer I had to hard stop. It was quite good but too much, I want to go in mostly blind. Next year is going to be insane, hell this year too.