I've never liked the off centre camera in 3rd person games, but at least in Breakpoint (and Wildlands) you can swap the camera to the other side whenever you want, so you can have the best view of the area.
I don't know how the off centre camera became the norm in videogames, but it's not an ideal way to play, in my opinion. What's worse though, are games that don't have a way to change the camera to the other side. I'll never understand how a game developer can possibly think, locking the camera off centre, so the player can't properly view their surroundings on both sides, is the best way to play a game.