Quote Originally Posted by Yora View Post
It can be contained in 5th Edition, simply by not putting feats, races and classes into every book but keep the game limited to the PHB races and classes and main campaign setting books.
But that would be the opposite of the entire business model of 3rd and 4th Edition.
It's also a game I would have trouble buying. I mainly pick up new books for mechanical options (races in particular), not story or setting, because I don't need to pay $30 a pop for what I can just write for myself or scavenge from novels.