Why no neck pickup

Ive been playing guitar for ten years right. I remember around five years ago walking into a guitar store that supplied mostly esp guitars and other superstrat adjacent brands, and one day jist noticed that a few of them had a bridge and middle pickup only.

Now, im a metal guy. I play metal, ive got sevens and eights for days. But why. I dont get it. Is there a reason for this. Cuz it really just seems like they couldve just gone with one pickup.

I haven't seen these for ages so i guess it went out of fashion. But i remember playing one and just not getting it at all.