The story starts with a gentleman name Neil Bartlett, in 1962 he tried to oxidize molecular oxygen with platinumhexa flouride and observed following result
O2 + PtF6 = O2PtF6
Thus molecular oxygen converts to O2+
Ionisation Energy of molecular oxygen is 1165 kj/mole whereas ionisation Energy of Xe was observed as 1170 kj/mole
Due to nearly same ionisation energies of O2 and Xe , he thought that similar compound can be given with Xe and prepared first compound of Noble gas XePtF6
Now answer of your question
Some Noble gases (Xe and Kr) form compounds because of their comparatively lower ionisation energies....