In my experience, save-scumming is as much of a cheat for developers as it is for gamers. 90% of your players can't get past a level because it's poorly design

In my experience, save-scumming is as much of a cheat for developers as it is for gamers. 90% of your players can't get past a level because it's poorly designed? Why, just tell them to keep saving and reloading until they get through! It's realistic! It makes sense! It's blah blah blah. Unless deliberate like in Kaizo-games, the over-reliance on save-scumming is an indicator that the game's creators are just too insecure or too untalented to fix their own oversights.