I never thought of it like that. Maybe that's the real reason why I could never get into the DS. Those tiny little buttons and that tiny little stylus cramp up my gigantic John Bonham hands.
And as far as touch screens go, I have such a hard time operating one of these [http://www.notebookcheck.net/typo3temp/pics/2bb0897cb4.jpg], let alone something like this [http://virulentwordofmouse.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/iphone.jpg]. I don't know how the technology works, but it's so damn stubborn that it absolutely refuses to pick up my fingers. I guess touch screen capability is only meant for those with soft, slender and delicate fingers, rather than calloused "Orc hands" as you so colorfully put it.