Ah, that makes sense. MS doesn't have many soft edge tools, so it has that pixel look to it. Seeing how color transitions are handled through zoning rather than blending, it could certainly be considered pixel still, but that would be up to individual definitions of what exactly defines pixel art.
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Honestly I don't know if I'd classify this as pixel art lol