it has nothing to do with that deal. Insomniac are the ones that chose Spider-Man, not Sony:
there's an Insomniac dev on resetera that said the same thing. and I remember around E3 when the game was shown, Sony peoples said Marvel are the ones that approached Sony because they wanted them to develop one of their properties as if it was a Sony first party property.
Good shyt.
Still Interesting that Sony outsourced it to Insomniac but they're quasi first party for Sony anyway.