I'm kind of glad they delayed it. It was half-expected when a promised announcement didn't happen christmas week.
This means in my new 2015 positive frame of mind* the released game will be their best ever PC port. That's not saying much of course.
But yeah, 65gb is incredible, I'll still find some space on my SSD somehow...
Story-wise I agree GTAV is a bit all over the place, Rockstar likes to pretend to be satirical but it's pretty tired and cliched stuff when it's not consistent.
*i jest