I have had an absolute nightmare of a time trying to get Morrowind. I heard that the X Box 360 has backwards compatibility, so I brought an original X Box copy. It turned out it was a North American copy.
So I ordered a European copy. I put the disc in, and it wouldn't launch.
So I downloaded the game off the X Box store. And it still wouldn't launch. Exact same message. No error code, just a request to download the game again. So I downloaded it again. And it wouldn't launch again. It took a long time downloading as well, both times.
So for the fourth time, I brought the game again, this time a PC copy. Seeing as the game is pretty old at this point my parents' desktop should be able to run it, but at this point I wouldn't be surprised if something else goes wrong.
I really hope it's as good as everyone says it is.