Sorry if you've posted some weirdness before this post, but rather than edit my previous post I'll make a new one that will probably be relevant to your reply anyway if you did reply:
Let me just pop over to Metacritic and find out what people were playing "lots of" in the general RPG-sphere in 2002 when Morrowind came out:
Ooop, top of the tree looks like Warcarft III, I think there's still lots of people who play that one. In fact this game was the headline news game just this year across the entire gaming world.
Next up is… hmmm… oh yes, Neverwinter Nights, a game that's been relevant and played by many for each and every year since it was made.
Maybe Morrowind will be next? Oop, no, it's Freedom Force. I'm afraid I don't know much about that and it's current playable state as I've never tried it.
Ah, now we get to Morrowind, ah well, nearly at the top, always the bridesmaid, never the bride, eh.
Dungeon Siege is next on the list. Again, one I've never played but I haven't heard that it's unplayable from people who've said they've replayed it recently.
Age of Wonders II, not really RPG, but in the ballpark and is one of those genre benders that gets talked about a lot round here. Yes, I played this one this decade and I believe it's a good seller on GoG and new AoW games are a still a prominent feature of the gaming world.
Icewind Dale 2. Apparently this struggles on Windows 10, though I've never tried so can't confirm, but is known to be a bestseller on GoG. This one could well die due to software incompatability, but not because people don't want to play it or because the game is difficult to play generally.
Divine Divinity. Well, I'm sure there must be people still digging into this, what with Divinity being such a big current name.
Arx Fatalis. Yeah, probably not so many people playing this one, I don't know, not really a 'big brand' so…
Heroes of Might and Magic IV, yup, same as Age of Wonders.
Might and Magic IX, right at the bottom of the list now, moving into the red 'shitty' games. Yeah, not sure I'd say this was ever 'playable'. Nor played really.
Shall we do the other years?