"And at the end of the day, even if it's not perfect, it's better than nothing. At least, that's my opinion." – said Keiji Inafune at his Mighty No.9 pre-release live-stream. Since the game (which was made as a spiritual successor of Megaman) got mediocre review and fans were disappointed with both the game and the disastrous launch, saying "it's better than nothing" was a really outrageous.
Though, later it turned out to be a misunderstanding. It was actually Ben Judd's additional comment who translated Inafune's words and added his own thoughts afterwards.

It became a proverb used on many disappointing reviews claiming the product is "better than nothing".

Even the official Sonic the Hedgehog twitter page "congratulated" to Mighty No.9's problematic launch by writing the misunderstood phrase as mocking.